Mr. Brown AP World ECHHS
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| 374534616 | Holy Alliance | alliance between Russia, Prussia, and Austria in defense of the established order; formed by the most conservative monarchies of Europed during the Congress of Vienna | 0 | |
| 374534617 | Decembrist rising | unsuccessful 1825 political revolt in Russia by mid-level officers advocating reforms | 1 | |
| 374534618 | Crimean War (1854-1856) | began with a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire; France and Britain joined on the Ottoman side; resulted in a Russian defeat because of Western industrial might; led to Russian reforms under Alexander II | 2 | |
| 374534619 | emancipation of the serfs | Alexander II in 1861 ended serfdom in Russia; serfs did not obtain political rights and had to pay the aristocracy for lands gained | 3 | |
| 374534620 | zemstvoes | local political councils created as part of Alexander II's reforms; gave middle class professional experience in government by did not influence national policy | 4 | |
| 374534621 | Count Witte | Russian minister of finance (1892-1903); economic modernizer responsible for high tariffs, improved banking system; encouraged Western investment in industry | 5 | |
| 374534622 | intelligentsia | Russian term for articulate intellectuals as a class; desired radical change in the Russian political and economic system; wished to maintain a Russian culture distinct from the West | 6 | |
| 374534623 | Bolsheviks | literally the majority party, but actually a minority group; the most radica; branch of the Russian Marxist movement; led by Lenin | 7 | |
| 374534624 | Russian Revolution of 1905 | defeat by Japan resulted in strikes by urban workers and insurrections among the peasantry; resulted in temporary reforms | 8 | |
| 374534625 | Stolypin reforms | Russian minister who introduced reforms intended to placate the peasantry after the Revolution of 1905; included reduction of land redemption paymemts and an attempt to create a market-oriented peasantry | 9 | |
| 374534626 | Matthew Perry | American naval officer; in 1853 insisted under threat of bombardment on the opening of ports to American trade | 10 | |
| 374534627 | Meiji Restoration | power of the emperor restored with Emperor Mutsuhito in 1868; took name of Meiji, the Enlightened One; ended shogunate and began a reform period | 11 | |
| 374534628 | Diet | Japanese parliament established as part of the constitution of 1889; able to advise government but no control it | 12 | |
| 374534629 | zaibatsu | huge industrial combines created in Japan during the 1890s | 13 | |
| 374534630 | Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) | fought in Korea between Japan and Qing China; Japanese victory demonstrated its arrival as new industrial power | 14 |
