During the 19th and early 20th Century, industrialization became the main cause for the development of new industries, as well as the expansion of many nations around the world. With the discovery of new ways to use the raw materials found during the First Industrial Revolution, in addition to the finding and creation of new resources such as electricity, steel, and chemicals in the Second Industrial Revolution, major countries around the world set their sights on having spheres of influence in other nations that served as the most opportune sites and destinations for the trading world and industrialization. This led to the transformation of several nations, as the world powers at the time became imperial powers when they began to dominate other countries not just in an economical sense, but socially and politically as well. Although countries such as the United States and Japan engaged in part of these imperialistic tactics, the majority of the countries that exemplified imperialism were located in Europe. Nations like Great Britain, Germany and Russia began to flex their regal muscle over most of the other the countries in the Eastern Hemisphere through the use of the manipulation of the newly found…
Through industrialization and colonization, Japan became an economically established participant of global competition over trade. To withstand Western pressure, Japan felt the need to industrialize because “Japan as an agricultural country cannot stand against Russia, Australia, Canada, or America.” (Doc 7) However, since Japan consists of numerous disconnected smaller islands, and it lacks valuable resources, except silk and coal, Japan struggled to meet the high demands of the Western consumers. As a result, Japan utilized its exceptional army to gain resourceful puppet states Manchuria and Korea, where gold, coal, iron ore, petroleum, copper and bauxite were abundant.…
Unlike Russia, Japan had stabilized government and strong army forces. Also, they already had won the First-Sino Japanese War against China. At that moment, Japanese wanted more power,…
Japan’s glorious victory as the first Eastern nation to win against a Europeans power established Japan as a threatening and rising competitor in the pool of Western powers. Japan’s political reform allowed Japan to erase its weak status and get acknowledged as a momentous…
The interwar period of 1919-1939 had economic disruptions that led to unstable political conditions during transformations that were occurring in Japan, China, Mexico, Turkey and Iran. Of all these countries Japan stands out as executing the most successful transformation due to aggressive nationalism that helped it achieve expansion into China as well as the ability to create an empire during this period. Other countries like China and Mexico were less successful because of struggles to lessen foreign influence and reduce internal aggression. Turkey and Iran tried to modernize and westernize but were challenged by political unrest and the lack of unity within their leadership. Japan alone experienced extraordinary economic growth due…
Japan's production increased more than 2.5 times more than what the US produced from 1895- 1915 (Gordon 96) Japan adopted Western ways of increasing their industry: Production Japan was opened to world trade Military Every male had to serve at least 5 years Abolished samurai Political organization Moved away from…
“Feudalism” as a term has been controversial since its conception. Its origin is the German “feudalismus,” and was first used in the English language in its current meaning in the 17th and 18th centuries. There is difficulty defining this term because of its inherently large scope; a feudal system is one in which there may be a social, economic, or political system of seigniorial landownership and general dues of the peasantry. This naturally describes many societies throughout history, and so, many historians would argue that to effectively narrow the subject and thus reasonably study the idea of a feudal structure, one must focus on specific criteria. Barendse would agree with this sentiment, as he states in his article, “The Feudal Mutation,”…
Question:Discuss the impact of the Tokugawa Shogunate on Japan Introduction: The Tokugawa Shogunate was the last feudal military government in Japan and ushered a new era of growth where Japan was not on the brink of civil war and was rapidly growing. There were many impacts on Japan,firstly there was great cultural growth and popularization of traditional and new cultures,from this there were also social and economic changes. These changes impacted Japan and still has effects on the modern day Japan. ARGUMENT 1: Source 1(PRIMARY)…
Matthew perry forced Japan to become more modern in 1853 a d 1854 Japan was becoming westernized The 1871 changes were made in Japan, and the resembled those of western ideas Meiji reforms Akin Japanese did not support the changes made to the government Students were sent away to get a western education and learn about western government The ancient values of the people were still enforced Foreign success Meiji Japan was aggressive and became stronger over time Japan was the first Asian nation to trade with Europeans as equals The Russo-Japanese War Of 1904-1905 ended in Asian victory…
Economic crises and changes occurring between 1816 and 1848 influenced both social and political developments, including the rise of American nationalism, labor unions, and gender and education reforms. In the early years of this time period, the nascent nation of America had gone through their first economic depression, the Panic of 1819 which was strongly caused by the vetoing of financial systems such as the chartering of a national bank and road. This depression spun the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings, occurring from 1816 to 1825, in which Americans felt a strong sense of nationalism, desire for unity amongst themselves and spread the use of industrialization. To establish their national purpose, Americans wanted a leader who would…
I picked up the question where industrialization shaped economy and society of the western regions of the country. As we all know in the three decades following 1870, more land was settled than in all the previous history of the country. Hundreds of Americans with their families moved to West by hoping to find better life and finding gold. On the other hand, economy day by day was developing and during Civil War Congress developed an economic blue print.…
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century the Industrialization in the United States occurred and is where innovative changes happened. This period of time was portrayed mostly by the substitute of hand made production by machine production. Many social and economic alterations resulted, therefore changing the way of people's lives, such as the farmers, working class, and middle class. The society desired for new ideas of manufacturing that a variety of change given, leaving the American societies to face the burdens to endure the burdens that were occurring with industrialization.…
The Progressive Movement was a movement caused by industrialization’s many social and political problems in America. During the Progressive Movement, journalists exposed the 1.)government’s corruption and 2.)the unhealthy working conditions in America, 3.)the reformers want to the government to listen to the citizens, and 4.)the number of educated citizens increased which all of these causes caused 1.)better working conditions, 2.)a more efficient city government, 3.)democratic state government, and 4.)more business regulations. There were many causes of the Industrial Movement. 1.)The journalists exposed corruption in the government and 2.)the dangerous working conditions for people. Many accidents happened in factories that could be avoided…
The technological and economic boom known as the Industrial Revolution ushered in a new era of efficiency and modernization. Due to the explosion of new technology and integration of factories into cities, numerous people migrated from rural areas to urban ones from the years. In English mills, clothes and textiles were sewed from raw materials using machines in place of workers, beginning in the 18th century. On the other hand, Japanese production in mills did not begin until about 1868, in which Japan adopted many ideas and technologies from western ideas. Revolutionary machinery such as the spinning jenny, water frame, and power loom were used in these mills to better the efficiency of manual labor in England, and Japan would adopt this…
During the late 19th to early 20th century, the United States made a transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy. The new inventions and methods increased the efficiency of production also created many job opportunities. However, the labor workers were exploited, women were mistreated and industrialization led to overcrowding cities. The growth of the industrial economy had many impacts on society. Although the economy was distinctly benefitted by industrialization, this did not come without a cost.…