A Power of the world 1890 1 Great powers 1 Mostly western Europe A America not yet regarded as a great power a Still had economic strength b Still had political power B Production a England used to produce the most coal and Iron By 1890 Germany surpass them After the US produced more than both A Still had most things that most free states had But women still couldn t vote 2 France a Congress 3 Britain A Monarchy a Still have elections and parliament b Constitutional monarchy First to give women to vote among the 3 B Treaty with Japan in 1902 a First peace time alliance since 1700s with Portugal b Had another treaty with China Treaty with Japan needed so they won t fight c Slight possibility of war again with GB and Fr Fr allied to Russia GB allied to japan d GB and Fr didn t go to war because then Germany would control Europe They realized they couldn t go to war C Military alliances 4 US A Revolutionary Republic a War for Independence wasn t much of a revolution Link never went away Similar language Political system Music and etc 5 Russia A Ruled by Tsar a Nicholas II Only male heir had hemophilia Married to princess Alexander Truly ruled all of Russia Largely uneducated Most kings and queens were i i i i i ii i i i ii iii i i ii i i ii i ii Had no etiquette b Peter the Great Realized Russia was too backward Opened the door for the West Modernize B Political system a Disaster Russian revolution Power blew up b Difficult to govern all of Russia c 1905 Duma was created C Industrialized a Leaders tried to resist modernization i Bad idea b Later industrialized in early 1900s c Nouveau Riches Means you only recently made money Seen as an insult d Professional class middle class e Intellengeica i ii Educated Russian context educated class with political ideas D Size a Considered extremely large b Considered backwards Until 1905 with insurrection No real leadership No constitution Insurrection took place with chaos Peasants there to petition complaints Elections were held by the Czar E Russo Japanese War a Japan defeated the Russians i ii iii You can t fight an island power without a navy Japan already had a navy Humiliating for Russia b Peace treaty in Portsmouth NH with Teddy Roosevelt c Importance i Russia had a military alliance with France Both distrusted Germany France would come to the aid of Russia if attacked F Problems in Russia a Disparity of wealth b c Not a problem if people aren t aware of it i Illiteracy i Lack of medical care or social safety net i Didn t exist for many Rest of the western nations had above 80 d Russia needed reform but didn t know how Ossified Difficult to make change 6 War in 1905 A There was a congress system a Great and lesser powers would meet to try to avoid wars US was involved by only observers B Crises in Spain a Started by Germans No longer Prussia Had big muscles i i i ii
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