Russia,+Japan+and+the+West

What was the Decemberist uprising? What were its causes and effects? What were the weaknesses of the Russian economy?
 * Russia**
 * A revolt of Western-oriented army officers (1825)
 * Promoting of conservatism by new Tsar Nicolas the first
 * Effects: secret police expanded and newspapers and schools brought to supervision
 * economic position not a keep pace with diplomatic aspirations
 * fall behind in technology and trade do to industrialization
 * expensive imports from West such as weapons and luxury items
 * only agricultural based society

What caused the Crimean War? what were its major effects? Why were serfs emancipated? how did their emancipation differ from the emancipation of slaves in the U.S.? What changes did it create? What were the Zemstvoes? How successful were they? What was the significance of the Trans-Siberian railroad? What economic reforms were enacted by Sergei Witte What were the signs that Russia was headed to revolution? (think about - intelligentsia, anarchists, Marxists, Bolsheviks.)
 * Conflict with Ottoman empire in 1853 that Russia was meant to protect Christian interests in Holy land

1. Explain major developments in Japan in the early 1800's Fear of war and outside threats 2. What effect did the actions of Commodore Perry have on Japan? (include details on Samurai discontent) 3. List the actions taken by the Meiji State 4. Explain how Japan Industrialized - (Private and government roles) 5. List ways that Industrialization changed Japan 6. What division within Japanese society were created by modernization?
 * Japan: Transformation without Revolution**
 * Summary: Commodore Perry and American threatened to bombard Tokyo port insisting that America be allowed to trade
 * Open ports for outside regions of the West
 * Japan thrown under pressure of military and outside open markets
 * End of isolation
 * Internal split as both Shogunate depended on the works of isolation while the daimyos defend status quo. Samurai's look for change
 * Brought down troops of Shogunate by Samuri
 * Abolished Feudalism
 * Replacing of damiyos replacing them with perfect administrators
 * Aristocracy began to expand power to state to effect economic and social change
 * Social revolution abolishing samuri class
 * New army built on national conscription
 * Civil service examinations
 * Individual samurai (Iwasaki Yataro) set up mitsubishi company after wining governmental contracts for railroad and seem ship lines. Also extended works of ship buildings, mining and banking as well as transportation
 * guilds and internal road tariffs were abolished to create national market
 * ministry of industry 1870
 * Zaibatsu- industrial combines (1890's)
 * More aggressive foreign policy
 * Population growth
 * New medical increasing reduced deaths
 * Universal education system
 * Copy of western fashions
 * Traditional values within stayed
 * political systems