The Russo-Japanese was an important factor which lead up to the outbreak of the 1905 revolution as it was a catalyst which highlighted the fundamental weaknesses in the leadership of the Tsar. Though it was an was important factor, ultimately the outbreak of the 1905 revolution was due to a number of factors such as the long term issues such as the lack of modernisation; socially, economically and politically. The most significant cause of the 1905 revolution was the lack of modernisation. Due to the failure of modernisation in the countryside led to increase in social tension. Agriculture in Russia was far behind other great powers and peasants were suffering greatly through the repeated famines in 1902 and 1905.
First, farmers claimed that farm prices were falling and, as a consequence, so were their incomes. They generally blamed low prices on over- production. Second, farmers alleged that monopolistic railroads and grain elevators charged unfair prices for their services. Government regulation was the farmers’ solution to the problem of monopoly. Third, there was a perceived shortage of credit and money.
From 1927-1929 harvests fell, simultaneously affecting the wider economy. The government needed to sell grain abroad so they could receive the foreign currency necessary for resources needed for industrialisation. Collectivisation was therefore introduced to increase efficiency and introduce mechanisation. This added urgency to a need to increase output meant that high targets were set which were met with incentives and also punishments, pushing the economy towards its maximum potential making the essential contribution to the transformation of the Russian economy. By 1940, 99% of land was collectivised.
Ever since 1879, Germany had upheld a policy of protection for both agriculture and industry. Caprivi reformed the tariff act of 1879. The bread tax was causing widespread discontent. Bad harvests as well as a shortage of wheat sent prices very high. Caprivi decided Germany must export.
As well as this collectivisation doubled the amount of grain production in the years 1928 to 1935 meaning more grain was exported. This funded capital investment which was needed to provide resources for industrialisation. Agricultural reform is the most important result of collectivisation as although it had negative consequences such as famine and the decline of living conditions in cities, Stalin had met his aim as mass migration from the countryside to the city had accelerated urbanisation because it provided a workforce in the cities and reduced the amount of peasants. At the beginning of
In these winter months there were signs of the country’s morale and unity breaking, it was not helped when Germany was hit with an influenza epidemic, wiping out 20-40 million, the resistance to the disease was lowered due to decline in living conditions. Inflation was also a problem facing Germany after the war, the people were forced to work longer hours, but wages still fell below the inflation rate. As a result of these effects social discontent grew, and anger was expressed at sharks of the industry who appeared to be making money from the war. The
Politically, the slavery issue caused conflicts between the industrialized North and the agricultural South. Politicians thought they had found in the issue of expansionism a means to defuse the slavery issue that threatened to divide both the country and the party (Bai 35). Last but not the least, a great number
Summary: The Dust Bowl Migration The Dust Bowl was an ecological disaster in the Great Plains during the 1930’s. The Great Plains had suffered severe drought for several years which then led to the depletion of the soil used by farmers to harvest their major crops- wheat and cotton. This interesting phenomenon led to the massive migration of almost 3 million farmers and the intervention from the government. This mass migration became known in History as the Dust Bowl Migration. Since it occurred during the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl migration became significant due to the riskiness in relocation because of such high unemployment rates.
America had the resources to solely rely on agricultural, but the incoming of new inventions made it harder to pass up a great opportunity and America had to use these innovations to their advantage. The Industrial Revolution brought many settlers to America to work in the growing factories. More workers meant more production, thus creating an economic boom in America. This economic boom was also the start of prosperity for the people in America. The fact that people would travel West and have a new way of life using the new technology and at the same time being able to have land that was all their own.
In the early 19th century, The Poor Law Act 1834 changed the approach to the poor, from the 1601 Poor Law Act. The attitude became a more punitive approach to deter people from claiming relief and get people back into work. Webb and Webb (1963). With the rise of the Industrial Revolution, competition for better paid jobs caused thousands of people to migrate from the rural areas of Britain, to the urban. Although the economy was fast growing, the over-populated, unsanitary conditions had a huge effect on people in Britain, particularly the working-class.