1. Ch. 26 Age of Democracy and Progress

2. Section 1: Democratic Reform and Activism

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

4. Britain Chartist movement ◦People’s Charter of 1838 ◦Suffrage for all men ◦Secret ballot ◦Change requirements for serving in Parliament 1884- most adult males could vote

5. Victorian Age Queen Victoria (1837-1901) Reached height of wealth and power Government was run by prime minister and cabinet

6. Women 1800s- Women organized and protested Public resistance 1903- Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) ◦Militant women’s rights organization

7. France Late 1800s- political turmoil 1875- National Assembly agrees on new govt ◦Third Republic- lasted over 60 years ◦France still divided Some wanted monarchy or military rule

8. Dreyfus Affair Anti-Semitism 1894- Captain Alfred Dreyfus ◦Accused of selling information

9. 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

10. Section 2: Self-Rule for British Colonies 1800- Great Britain had colonies around the world Dominated population in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand As Britain grew stronger, so did colonies

11. Canada 1763- GB gains control of Canada Tension between different groups 1791- Parliament creates 2 Canadian provinces ◦Upper Canada (Ontario) ◦Lower Canada (Quebec)

12. The Durham Report 1830s- rebellions Lord Durham sent to investigate 1839- 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

13. Dominion of Canada Formed in 1867 By 1871- stretched to Pacific

14. 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

15. Australia 1788- GB colonizes with convicted criminals Penal colony 1850s- first to use secret ballot

16. New Zealand Already inhabited ◦Maori (since 800 A.D.) Recognized land rights 1840- Treaty signed 1893- first to give full voting rights to women

17. Ireland English in Ireland since 1100s 1500s, 1600s- laws limited rights of Catholics, favored Protestants and English language 1801- Britain and Ireland formally united The Great Famine (1840s) ◦Led to 1 million deaths, 1.5 million left

18. Ireland Later 1800s- 2 forms of opposition 1.Independence 2.Home rule 1914- Home rule for southern Ireland ◦Delayed by WW1

19. Ireland Irish nationalists Rebellion- Easter week, 1916 Formed underground govt, declared independence ◦Irish Republican Army (IRA) 1921- Ireland divided, home rule given to southern Ireland

20. Section 3: War and Expansion in the U.S. 1803- Louisiana Purchase 1819- U.S. gets Florida from Spain 1846- U.S. gets part of Oregon Territory Manifest Destiny Indian Removal Act of 1830

21. Texas 1836- Texas Revolt 1845- U.S. annexed Texas Mexican-American War (1846-1848) ◦Mexican Cession ◦1853- Gadsden Purchase

22. American Civil War North vs. South Secession Emancipation Proclamation

23. Postwar Reconstruction Segregation Immigration Railroads

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

25. Medicine Germ Theory of Disease ◦Louis Pasteur ◦Joseph Lister

26. Science Charles Darwin Gregor Mendel John Dalton Dmitri Mendeleev Marie Curie

27. Psychology Ivan Pavlov Sigmund Freud

28. Mass Culture Leisure Vaudeville Motion pictures Spectator sports