Ch. 26 Age of Democracy and Progress

Section 1: Democratic Reform and Activism

Britain Early 1800s- 5% of population had suffrage Reform Bill of 1832 ◦Eased property requirements ◦Modernized districts and gave cities more representation

Britain Chartist movement ◦People’s Charter of 1838 ◦Suffrage for all men ◦Secret ballot ◦Change requirements for serving in Parliament most adult males could vote

Victorian Age Queen Victoria ( ) Reached height of wealth and power Government was run by prime minister and cabinet

Women 1800s- Women organized and protested Public resistance Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) ◦Militant women’s rights organization

France Late 1800s- political turmoil National Assembly agrees on new govt ◦Third Republic- lasted over 60 years ◦France still divided Some wanted monarchy or military rule

Dreyfus Affair Anti-Semitism Captain Alfred Dreyfus ◦Accused of selling information

Zionism Anti-Semitism very strong in Western and Eastern Europe Russian pogroms ◦Organized violence against Jews 1890s- Zionist movement ◦Wanted to work for homeland in Palestine

Section 2: Self-Rule for British Colonies Great Britain had colonies around the world Dominated population in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand As Britain grew stronger, so did colonies

Canada GB gains control of Canada Tension between different groups Parliament creates 2 Canadian provinces ◦Upper Canada (Ontario) ◦Lower Canada (Quebec)

The Durham Report 1830s- rebellions Lord Durham sent to investigate sends report to Parliament 1.Upper/Lower Canada should be reunited; encourage British migration 2.Colonists should be able to govern themselves in domestic issues

Dominion of Canada Formed in 1867 By stretched to Pacific

Australia British captain James Cook ◦Claimed New Zealand in 1769 ◦Part of Australia in 1770 Sparsely populated by Aborigines ◦Longest ongoing culture in the world

Australia GB colonizes with convicted criminals Penal colony 1850s- first to use secret ballot

New Zealand Already inhabited ◦Maori (since 800 A.D.) Recognized land rights Treaty signed first to give full voting rights to women

Ireland English in Ireland since 1100s 1500s, 1600s- laws limited rights of Catholics, favored Protestants and English language Britain and Ireland formally united The Great Famine (1840s) ◦Led to 1 million deaths, 1.5 million left

Ireland Later 1800s- 2 forms of opposition 1.Independence 2.Home rule Home rule for southern Ireland ◦Delayed by WW1

Ireland Irish nationalists Rebellion- Easter week, 1916 Formed underground govt, declared independence ◦Irish Republican Army (IRA) Ireland divided, home rule given to southern Ireland

Section 3: War and Expansion in the U.S Louisiana Purchase U.S. gets Florida from Spain U.S. gets part of Oregon Territory Manifest Destiny Indian Removal Act of 1830

Texas Texas Revolt U.S. annexed Texas Mexican-American War ( ) ◦Mexican Cession ◦1853- Gadsden Purchase

American Civil War North vs. South Secession Emancipation Proclamation

Postwar Reconstruction Segregation Immigration Railroads

Section 4: 19 th Century Progress Edwin Drake Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Henry Ford Wright Brothers

Medicine Germ Theory of Disease ◦Louis Pasteur ◦Joseph Lister

Science Charles Darwin Gregor Mendel John Dalton Dmitri Mendeleev Marie Curie

Psychology Ivan Pavlov Sigmund Freud

Mass Culture Leisure Vaudeville Motion pictures Spectator sports