Age of Democracy & Progress 1814-1914 Chapter 10 Page 310

“A plan is only as good as those who see it through”

Democratic Reform and Activism Chapter 10 Section 1 Page 313

Britain Enacts Reforms Reform Bill of 1832 Suffrage Eased property requirements Chartist Movement Called for suffrage for all men and annual Parliamentary elections

Victorian Age Queen Victoria 1837 age of 18 Less power than previous monarchs

Women get to Vote 1890 most men are allowed to vote in industrialized countries Women form organizations to get rights to vote Militant Protests Hunger Strikes

France & Democracy Third Republic Dreyfus Affair 1880 & 1890 some wanted monarch or military rule Widespread anti-semitism feelings Zionism Russia Pogroms organized campaigns against Jews Goal create Jewish homeland

Self-Rule for British Colonies Chapter 10 Section 2 Page 317

Canada Upper Canada English speaking Lower Canada French Speaking Both had own assemblies Middle class demanded reforms

Dominion of Canada Needed a central government to protect against U.S. Remained part of the English Empire

Australia & New Zealand Britain’s Penal Colony 1788 sent convicted criminals there Eventually citizens settle there New Zealand not owned by Britain

Irish 1100’s Pope grants England Ireland 1840 worst famine of modern history Depended on potato 1845-1848 fungus destroys potato 1 million die of starvation 1.5 million flee

Rebellion & Division Frustrated in delay of gaining independence Irish Nationalists rebel in 1916 Ireland forms underground Irish government Forms Irish Republican Army 1921 Britain divided Ireland and granted home rule to Southern Ireland Northern Ireland remains part of England 1949 Irish declares independence

War and Expansion in the United States Chapter 10 Section 3 Page 324

America Moving West Manifest Destiny Rule America from Atlantic to Pacific Justified moving Natives Indian Removal Act 1830 Moved Cherokees 800 miles - Trail of Tears 1/4 die

Texas 1836 Texans revolt against Mexico 1845 U.S. Annexes Texas Mexico views as an act of war 1846-1848 war between U.S. and Mexico Mexico surrenders Mexico gives up California & large area of Southwest Gladsden Purchase bought lower continental U.S.

Civil War North & South had different economies Civil War breaks out with Lincoln election Civil War lasts 4 years Emancipation Proclamation All slaves in Confederate States are free 13th Amendment abolished slavery 14th & 15th Amendment extend citizenship to all Americans & allows slaves a vote

Postwar Economy By 1914 U.S. leader in industrialized powers 1870-1914 - 2 million immigrants move to U.S. Railroads expand 1900 nearly 200,000 miles of track

Nineteenth-Century Progress Chapter 10 Section 4 Page 328

Inventions Edison Over 1,000 inventions Bell Teacher of Deaf students invented telephone Ford Wanted to make car affordable for most people Standardized, interchangeable parts Assembly line Cars went from $850 - $300

Inventions Cont. Wright Brothers Bicycle mechanics Created plane - lasted 59 seconds

Medicine Germ theory Developed by Louis Pasteur Surgery Joseph Lister Demanded surgical wards be spotless Use antiseptics on wounds 85% of patients survived because of it

Medicines Public officials improve public health Develop vaccines

Science Theories Darwin Theory of Evolution Mendel Inheritance & genetics Chemistry & Physics Atoms Radioactivity