CH.13 THE AGE OF DEMOCRACY AND PROGRESS

BRITAIN ADOPTS DEMOCRATIC REFORMS BRITISH PARLIAMENT FORMS: –HOUSE OF LORDS: INHERIT OR APPOINTED –HOUSE OF COMMONS: ELECTED IN THE EARLY 1800’S ONLY MEN WHO OWNED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LAND COULD VOTE. REFORM BILL OF 1832: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS SUFFRAGE TO THE WEALTHY BRITISH MIDDLE CLASS; MADE UP FACTORY OWNERS, BANKERS, AND MERCHANTS; ONE IN FIVE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

BRITAIN ADOPTS DEMOCRATIC REFORMS CHARTIST MOVEMENT: MOVEMENT FOR VOTER RIGHTS AND PARLIAMENT SANCTIONS; THE MOVEMENT WAS UNSUCCCESSFUL. VICTORIAN AGE: QUEEN VICTORIA CAME TO RULE IN 1837 AT THE AGE OF 18; DURING HER REIGN, ENGLAND REACHED ITS HEIGHT, AND SINCE HER ALL BRITISH MONARCHS HAVE BEEN SYMBOLIC RULERS.

WOMEN DEMAND A VOTE U.S. AND BRITISH WOMEN PUSHED FOR VOTING RIGHTS DURING THE 1800’S.Women_Suffrage_Leaders_and_Protest.asf Women_Suffrage_Leaders_and_Protest.asf –THE MOVEMENT IN THE U.S. WAS HEADED BY LUCRETIA MOTT AND CADY STANTON. –THE MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN WAS LEAD BY EMMELINE PANKHURST AND THE WSPU (WOMEN’S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION).

DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE THIRD REPUBLIC FORMS: –AFTER NAPOLEON’S DEATH THE NAT’L ASSEMBLY DECIDED TO FORM THE THIRD REPUBLIC. –THIS NEW SYSTEM LASTED OVER 60 YEARS BUT WAS ALWAYS CONTREVERSIAL. –DURING THE 1880’S AND THE 1890’S THE UNSTEADY THIRD REPUBLIC WAS THREATENED BY THE DREYFUS AFFAIR; THIS REBELLION WAS LEAD BY MONARCHS, ARISTOCRATS, CLERGY, AND ARMY LEADERS.

DREYFUS AFFAIR STARTED B/C SOME FRENCHMEN WANTED A RETURN TO MONARCHY OR A MILITARY RULE AND B/C OF A WIDESPREAD FEELING OF ANTI-SEMITISM. IN 1894, CAPTAIN ALFRED DREYFUS,A JEWISH FRENCH OFFICER, WAS ACCUSED OF SELLING MILITARY SECRETS TO GERMANY. HE WAS ARRESTED AND FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. IN A FEW YEARS NEW EVIDENCE SHOWED THAT DREYFUS HAD BEEN FRAMED BY OTHER ARMY OFFICERS.

ZIONISM B/C OF THE ANTI-SEMITISM SHOWN IN THE DREYFUS CASE ALONG W/ OTHER PERSECUTION OF JEWS THROUGHOUT EASTERN EUROPE, JEWS ATTEMPTED TO FORM A SEPARATE HOMELAND IN PALESTINE. THIS MOVEMENT IS CALLED ZIONISM. POGROMS: ORGANIZED CAMPAIGNS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS IN RUSSIA.

Who started the WSPU? A. Elisabeth Cady Stanton B. Lucretia Mott C. Susan B. Anthony D. Emmeline Pankhurst

What was the move of European Jewish citizens to Palestine called? A. Nationalism B. Imperialism C. Zionism D. Militarism

What English queen ruled England during its height? A. Queen Elisabeth I B. Queen Victoria C. Queen Mary D. Queen Gertrude

SELF RULE FOR BRITISH COLONIES CANADA OBTAINS SELF RULE: Canada_s_History.asf Canada_s_History.asf –CANADA WAS ORIGINALLY MADE UP OF SEVERAL NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, INCLUDING THE ALGONQUIN, HURON, CREE, BLACKFOOT, AND INUIT. –AFTER EUROPEAN COLONIZATION CANADA WAS SPLIT B/N FRENCH OCCUPANTS AND ENGLISH OCCUPANTS. –THE ENGLISH DECIDED TO SPLIT THE CANADIAN PROVINCE INTO AN UPPER CANADA( ENGLISH SPEAKING ) AND A LOWER CANADA( FRENCH SPEAKING ). –THIS ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY. –THEN BRITAIN SENT LORD DURHAM TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION IN CANADA.

CANADA OBTAINS SELF RULE:CONT’D DURHAM’S DECISION WAS TO LET THE CANADIANS FORM THEIR OWN REPUBLIC ENCOURAGING ENGLISH IMMIGRATION; HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD DO TWO THINGS. –1. FRENCH WOULD SLOWLY BECOME PART OF A DOMINANT ENGLISH CULTURE. –2. CREATE A SOCIETY THAT COULD HANDLE DOMESTIC MATTERS INTERNALLY. IN 1867 CANADA FORMS A DOMINION: SELF GOVERNING IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS BUT A PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. BY 1871 CANADA STRETCHED TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

AUSTRAILIA AND NEW ZEALAND OBTAIN SELF RULE JAMES COOK CLAIMED NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND AUSTRAILIA IN 1770 FOR GREAT BRITAIN. ORIGINAL INHABITANTS: –MAORIS: NEW ZEALAND –ABORIGINES: AUSTRALIA BRITAIN BEGAN AUSTRALIAN COLONIZATION BY USING IT AS A PENAL COLONY. PENAL COLONY: PLACE WHERE CONVICTS ARE SENT TO SERVE A PRISON TERM AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A PRISON.

AUSTRAILIA AND NEW ZEALAND OBTAIN SELF RULE AUST. AND NZ BOTH BECOME WEALTHY B/C OF JOHN MACARTHUR’S BREED OF SHEEP THAT WOULD PRODUCE MASSIVE QUANTITIES OF WOOL AND WOULD FLOURISH IN THE AUSSIE AND NZ ENVIRONMENT. ONCE THESE TWO TERRITORRIES ACQUIRED WEALTH, THEY BOTH PETITIONED AND RECEIVED SELF RULE.

IRISH FIGHT FOR HOME RULE IN THE YEAR 1100, THE POPE GAVE CONTROL OF IRELAND TO THE ENGLISH KING. THE BRITISH GOV’T FORMALLY JOINED IRELAND TO BRITAIN IN THE GREAT FAMINE HITS. FROM A PLANT FUNGUS RUINED NEARLY ALL OF IRELAND’S POTATO CROP. POTATOES WERE IRELAND’S SOLE SOURCE OF FOOD, SO THIS FAMINE KILLED 1/8 OF IRELAND’S POPULATION.

IRISH FIGHT FOR HOME RULE DURING THE FAMINE NEARLY 1 ½ MILLION IRISH LEAVE IRELAND. THE MAJORITY OF THE IRISH POP. WANTED HOME RULE (LOCAL CONTROL OVER INTERNAL MATTERS ONLY) BUT SOME WANTED TOTAL CONTROL. JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE IRELAND WAS TO GAIN HOME RULE, WWI BROKE OUT AND PUT THIS ISSUE ON HOLD.

Who started the WSPU? A. Elisabeth Cady Stanton B. Lucretia Mott C. Susan B. Anthony D. Emmeline Pankhurst

What was the move of European Jewish citizens to Palestine called? A. Nationalism B. Imperialism C. Zionism D. Militarism

What English queen ruled England during its height? A. Queen Elisabeth I B. Queen Victoria C. Queen Mary D. Queen Gertrude

After Napoleon’s death, how was France governed? A. The National Assembly B. Third Republic C. Dictatorship D. House of Burgesses

What two groups make up the British Parliament? A. House of Lords, Senate B. House of Representatives, House of Lords C. House of Regents, House of Commons D. House of Lords, House of Commons

Alfred Dreyfus was a Frenchman serving in the Jewish Military. A. True B. False

Anti-Semitism is the mistreatment of the Jewish population. A. True B. False

Which of these were not an original Canadian Tribe? A. Algonquin B. Blackfoot C. Creek D. Inuit

New Zealand was first used by Europeans as a penal colony. A. True B. False

The chance for Irish home rule was halted by the Potato Famine. A. True B. False