Vocab Terms
Who killed Tsar Alexander II and were led by Bakunin?
Anarchists
Which war allowed Japan to start heavy East Asian expansion with Western technology?
The Russo-Japanese war, since it allowed Japan to have control over Manchuria and Korea.
What did Matthew Perry do in Japan?
He gained the right for a consul in Japan and opened two ports to trade with America.
Who proposed the Holy Alliance at the Council of Vienna?
Alexander II
In both countries, what jobs did women usually work in?
Women had to work in factories with low wages.
What increased literacy rates in Japan?
Terakoya
Russia, Prussia, and Austria
Who disliked the idea of opening Japan globally for trade and innovations?
What did the censorship of content lead to?
Different reforms such as the Decembrist Uprising
What are the names of the parliments found in Russia and Japan?
The Diet (Japan) and Duma (Russia)!
What did zemstvos do?
They advocated for roads, schools, and other regional issues
What restoration led to reforms politically and socially in Japan?
Meiji Restoration
What country's parliament was the Diet based off of?
Germany
Who was Sergei Witte?
He was a financial minister who created high tarrifs and advocated for more factories to be built.
What mainly powered both country's economies?
Agriculture systems for Russia and mainly trade for Japan
(FULL NAME) Who founded the Bolsheviks?
Vladmir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)
What war made political and social reforms more popular in Russia?
What was the main cause of industrialization in Japan?
The Meiji Restoration made Japan industrialize with Western advancements and changes.
What year was serfdom emancipated?
1861!!!!
What were the main social tensions?
Conservatives -> stay traditional
intellectuals -> reforms and western changes
What did the Stolypin Reforms do?
The Stolypin Reforms helped calm down peasants with significant reforms with more freedom, less redemption payment, etc.
What occured after Russia's loss at the Russo-Japanese War?
Russia had to make a new parliament, the Duma, and introduce Stolypin reforms, because of growing revolts.
How did Meiji Japan avoid falling to the same pressures as Russia and remain individualistic?
Reformists cut down on the promotion of Western ideologies, morals, and technologies in response to the growing and promoted imperialism, loyalty to the emperor, and overall Japanese nationalism.
How did the emancipation of serfdom compare to the slavery abolition?
The serfdom abolishment in Russia was more generous than the slavery abolition as it gave the serfs most of the land compared to slaves who weren't given anything.
What adaptations did both countries make that were inspired by Western systems?
Both Russia and Japan adapted parliamentary systems, they abolished feudal systems (samurai and serfs), and had power shift to highly centralized rule.