Revolutions 6/10/13 mrmilewski

1. Revolutions 6/10/13http://mrmilewski.com • OBJECTIVE: Examine “The Long Chain”. MCSS WH-5.3.5 • I. Administrative Stuff -Attendance • II. CONNECTIONS -notes on episode#7 “The Long Chain”

2. Revolutions 6/11/13http://mrmilewski.com • OBJECTIVE: Examine Russian Expansion & Revolutions. MCSS WH-5.3.5 • I. Journal#30pt.A -Examine the picture on p.603 -Answer the caption question on p.603 • II. Journal#30pt.B -notes on Russia during the 1800s

3. Russian Expansion • For years Russian rulers expanded their empires. • Ivan IV opened Siberia to traders & explorers which eventually extended the empire to the pacific. • Peter the Great won the cold water ports of modern day Estonia & Latvia • Catherine the Great won warm water ports on the Black Sea & lands in modern day Poland, Lithuania, & Belarus. http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs/cath2russia.jpg

4. The Russian Empire http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/zencmed/targets/maps/mhi/0c8600de.gif

5. Revolt & Repression • Serfs wanted freedom & their own land to farm. • A few nobles supported enlightenment ideas -life, liberty, property -separation of powers • Nobles didn’t agree on the types of reforms to establish. • As education spread, the middle class demanded reforms at a quicker pace than the nobles did. http://www.millenniumschools.co.uk/_user/3/8/J/6/H/ja_image1.JPG?1140607339

6. Decembrist Revolution - 1825 • Small group of army offices tried to overthrow the Czar & establish a republic. • Result: FAILURE!! • Leaders killed or sent to Siberia http://cla.calpoly.edu/~mriedlsp/History111/Images/hambach1.jpg

7. Czar’s Reaction to Decembrists • Czar imposed strict censorship & banned books from the West. • Used secret police to spy on students & teachers • Enforced Russian nationalism & loyalty to the Russian Orthodox Church as a way to united his vast multi-national empire. • Pogroms – organized acts of violence against Jews • The gov’t blamed the Jews as the source of Russian poverty • The violence forced many Jews to leave Russia & go to Germany.

8. Russia’s Real Economic Problem • Russian political & economic system slowed industrial growth in Russia • Western European nations got stronger and more powerful because factories had lots of labor • Russian factories didn’t have a lot of labor because serfs couldn’t leave the land they worked

9. Czar Alexander II • In 1861, he freed the the serfs, but made them buy the land they lived on at high prices. • Since most peasants owed so much money they lived in poverty. http://studycircle.angeltowns.com/images/ruler-14.jpg

10. Effects of Industrialization • In the late 1800s industry expanded & peasants moved to cities where new factories were being built. • The middle class grew, so did education • Better healthcare & more food caused the population to soar. • Life in the cities was bad. -little pay -long hours -dangerous working conditions

11. Revolutionary Movements • Decembrist Revolt – 1825 *Goal – set up a republic • Mid –1860s *Goal – establish socialism • Who were the revolutionaries? -Most came from the small, but growing educated classes

12. What they did? • Tried to get peasants to support their revolution. When this failed, they turned to terrorism. • They assassinated Czar Alexander the II. http://www.columbia.edu/~rt184/alex.jpg

13. Czar Alexander III • He succeeded his father & returned to the repressive actions his father relaxed. • Despite this crackdown, by the time Czar Nicholas II came to power a new form of socialism, called Marxism became popular with the revolutionaries. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Alexander_III._ Czar_Of_Russia_Nadar.jpg/433px-Alexander_III._Czar_Of_Russia_Nadar.jpg

14. Revolutions 6/12/13 http://mrmilewski.com • Final Exams: Hours 1,2,3

15. Revolutions 6/13/13 http://mrmilewski.com • OBJECTIVE: FINAL EXAM • I. Administrative Stuff -attendance & distribution of test • II. FINAL EXAM