the first waves of revolution
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The First Waves of Revolution. -Mexican Revolution -Russian Revolution -Chinese Revolution. Russian Revolution. Russian Revolution. March 1917- Food riots and strikes broke out in St. Petersburg-caused by wartime misery Rioters wished for a new political regime - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The First Waves of Revolution
-MEXICAN REVOLUTION-RUSSIAN REVOLUTION-CHINESE REVOLUTION
Russian RevolutionMexican
Revolution
Chinese Revolution
Russian Revolution• March 1917- Food riots and strikes broke out in St.
Petersburg-caused by wartime misery • Rioters wished for a new political regime• Protested early industrialization conditions against rural
reform• Imperial rule was ended when tsar was abolished-
government struggled to control country after this• Leaders wished to stay in WWI to stay on France and
Britain’s side-couldn’t because it weakened Russia’s economy badly and morale decreased
• Communist party rose with Lenin the leader (Bolsheviks)-Expelled Liberals
• Czar Nicholas II was abdicated- Ended Romanov rule
Alexander Kerensky
Kerensky and Lenin • Alexander Kerensky: liberal revolutionary
leader during early Russian Revolution; wished for parliamentary rule and religious freedom
• Vladimir Lenin: took control of Bolshevik, later renamed communists; took Russia out of war and initiated land reforms; instituted war communism
Vladimir Lenin
Russian Revolution (Continued)
• Lenin gained strong ground with the urban workers’ councils in urban cities• Shows his idea of tightly organized cells whose
leaders have a coherent plan for action• Lenin and Bolsheviks faced problems:
• War they were involved in• Solved this by signing treaty with Germany that ended
hostilities and gave up parts of Western Russia- known as Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Russia was ignored at Versailles peace conference • Poland built on Russian land- Baltic States created• Weren’t most popular revolutionary party• Council of People’s Commissars- headed by Lenin
was challenged by parliamentary election- peasant support
Russian Revolution• Replaced the parliament with the Congress of
Soviets- not allowed to have Western-style system
• Communist party persisted until 1989• Causes of end of tsar rule:
• Russia was declining as a world power it used to be• Peasants were dissatisfied (majority of population)• Financial costs the war provoked (WWI)
Effects of Russian Revolution• Order was restored after Russian Revolution:
• Leon Trotsky emerged as leader and created the Red Army- consisted of recruited able generals and masses of loyal conscripts
• Inspired mass loyalty• Willingness to use people of humble background
• Lenin issued the New Economic Policy- promised freedom of action for small business owners and peasant landowners
• Food production began to increase and regime was able to prepare durable structure
• Moscow = New capital of Russia
Joseph Stalin• Took over after Lenin became ill and passed
away- became totalitarian dictator• Represented strongly nationalist version of
communism• Comintern = Communist International Office• Collectivization- creation of large, state run
farms that allowed for more efficient control over peasants
• Led Soviet Union in WWII• Was victorious• Led Soviet Union in Cold War
Key Terms• Syndicalism- economic and political system based on
labor organization; imported from European political movements
• Porfirio Diaz- elected President of Mexico in 1876; dominated Mexican politics for 35 years; sought a strong central government
• Pancho Villa- Mexican revolutionary and military commander in northern Mexico during Mexican Revolution; removed Diaz from power
• Emiliano Zapata- Mexican revolutionary and military commander of peasant guerrilla movement; sought land reform
• Mexican Constitution of 1917- promised land reform limited foreign ownership of key resources, guaranteed worker’s rights, and formally marked end of Mexican Revolution
Leadership of Diaz• Very strong and seemed unbreakable• Strong economic changes had been made
• However, foreigners controlled large sectors of the economy
• Hacienda system dominated region• Ruled with “iron fist”• Effective political means• Didn’t face a tremendous amount of problems
under his rule
Porfirio Diaz
Causes of Mexican Revolution• People resented Diaz, partly because of his long
rule in Mexico• Huge gap between the rich and the poor present in
society• Diaz ruled like a dictator and people wished to end
this• Exploited Mexican workers and treated them
poorly in general• Discontented after limited social reform over
decades• Mexico fell under control of dictators after winning
independence from Spain• Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa led group of
peasants and the middle class to overthrow Diaz
Effects of Mexican Revolution• Were able to get rid of Diaz in office as well as
limit the term of leaders to six years• Immigration of Mexicans to the United States• Mexicans had developed an identity • Guidelines were established for future
Mexican rulers• Mexico experienced modernization• Universal suffrage (voting) granted• Foreign-owned businesses were discouraged • Workers and Women are granted rights• Mexico adopted new constitution in 1917
Key Terms• May Fourth Movement- resistance to the Japanese in
China, which began on 1919; spawned intellectuals to transform China into a liberal democracy that rejected Confucianism
• Chiang Kai-shek- military leader who was successor to Sun Yat-sen; become most powerful leader in China by early 1930s, but his nationalist ideas were driven out by communists
Chiang Kai-shek
Yuan Shikai and Mao Zedong • Yuan Shikai- warlord in Northern China after fall of
Qing dynasty in China; hoped to gain imperial throne; president of China after 1912; resigned after Japanese invasion
• Mao Zedong- Communist leader in China that advocated rural reform in China; influenced by Li Dazhao; led Communist action against Chinese purges; seized control of all mainland China by 1949 and initiated Great Leap Forward; Mao sought to improve women’s rights and outlawed foot binding
Yuan Shikai
Mao Zedong
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