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Example Question #21 : Political And Governmental Structures 1750 To 1900
Which leader of Japan oversaw the shift from feudal society to a modern industrial economy?
Tokugawa Shogunate
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Emperor Meiji
Mao Zedong
None of these
Emperor Meiji
Emperor Meiji, who ruled from 1867-1912, oversaw the rapid change of Japan from an agrarian, rural, and feudal society to a modern, capitalist, and industrial society. From his leadership Japan emerged as one of the globes major powers and a huge (and violent) influence in Asian geopolitics.
Example Question #22 : Political And Governmental Structures 1750 To 1900
The policy of “Blood and Iron” is most associated with __________.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Joseph Stalin
Otto von Bismarck
Winston Churchill
Leon Trotsky
Otto von Bismarck
The phrase “blood and iron” was first used by the Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to describe how German unification might be achieved through war and industry in the second-half of the nineteenth century. It is generally associated with German unification and with Bismarck’s unique brand of Realpolitik.