1. Age of Democracy and Progress
Chapter 10

2. EQ: What factors led Britain and France to transform into democracies?

3. Voting in Britain-early 1800s
Govt- constitutional monarchy since late 1600s; under Queen Victoria ( ) Parliament became main power
Parliament
House of Lords House of Commons
-Inherited/appointed -elected by the ppl
Until 1999
*Early 1800s only 5% of pop could vote
Reform Bill of 1832: eased property requirements so middle-class wealthy could vote; industrial cities got increased representation

4. Chartist Movement
Desires: all male suffrage, annual Parliament elections, secret ballot, end to property requirements for serving in Parliament and pay for its members
Parliament initially rejected but over time made changes- by 1900 all demands except annual elections were met
after 1884 most men could vote

5. Women and the Vote Britain U.S.
Emmeline Pankhurst formed Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU); by 1903 very militant- goal: suffrage
Arrested, hunger strikes-force fed
Right to vote: 1928
U.S.
Right to Vote: 19th amendment, 1920

6. France and Democracy
The Third Republic National Assembly created a republic- lasted roughly until WWII; divisions remained
Threatened 1880s-90s by monarchists, aristocrats, clergy and army leaders who desired monarchy/military rule

7. Rise of Zionism
Dreyfus Affair: trial and imprisonment of Jewish Army officer, Cpt Alfred Dreyfus, who due to anti-Semitism, was falsely accused and imprisoned for selling military secrets to Germany
**Case showed strength of anti-Semitism in Europe
Also- rise of Russian pograms and others in Eastern Europe
Sought to establish Jewish state in Palestine
1897: Theodor Herzl, Hungarian Jew in Austria, est. organization
Migration leads to increased anti- Semitism in the Middle East
Rise of conflict between Jews and Arabs
Israel established after WWII in 1948

8. Academic Writing
Why do you think the road to democracy was more difficult f0r France than for England (Britain)?

9. EQ: What factors led to self-rule for some British colonies?

10. Canada British colony after 1763
French that stay live in St. Lawrence River area, Americans loyal to B. move into along w/ B. immigrants, the Great Lakes and seaboard areas
1791 Parliament creates Upper (Ontario) and Lower (Quebec) Canada- each w/ its own elected assembly
1830s rebellions broke out, Lord Dunham urged 2 reforms
1. Upper and Lower should unite into Province of Canada, send more B. immigrants
2. Colonists should govern domestic matters
1867- Nova Scotia and New Brunswick joined Province to form Dominion of Canada- self governing in domestic matters (wanted to protect interests against the U.S.)

11. Australia and New Zealand Claimed by James Cook 1769-70/ by 1850 self-governing in domestic matters
Native peoples: Maori, Britain at 1st recognized the land rights of these people
Missionaries arrived conflicts increased
Annexed 1839, Treaty of recognized land rights if Maori agreed to accept B. rule
wars erupted where Maori were driven to remote lands
1893 1st nation to give women the right to vote (only white)
Australia
Native peoples: called aborigines, have longest ongoing culture in the world
Began as penal colony 1788, soon joined by free settlers- govt offered cheap land, good for sheep, pop increased after gold rush
1901- Commonwealth of Australia
Pioneered secret ballot

12. Ireland
1100s pope granted King of England control over Ireland; formally joined to Britain Irish representation in Parliament given
Great Famine: potato crop ruined
Of 8 million ppl- 1 mil die of starvation and disease, 1 ½ mil emigrate (most to U.S.)
B. parliament enforced landholders demands for rent pymts- many lost land and landholders benefited from rising food prices
Mid-1800s opposition 2 forms
1. Independent Ireland
2. Home Rule- B. refused, concerned for Protestant minority
1914: bill passed 1 mth before WWI to give, but put on hold- frustration leads to rebellion, rebels executed- increases nationalism
After WWI Irish nationalists formed underground govt working for independence
IRA- unofficial military
1921 Ireland divided, home rule to South becomes Irish Free State Republic of Ireland

13. AJ
Answer the EQ: What factors led to self-rule for some British colonies?

14. EQ: What progress was made in the U. S
EQ: What progress was made in the U.S. in the 1800s due to ideas that developed from manifest destiny, the American Civil War, the expansion of the RRS and immigration?

15. Guided Reading
War and Expansion in the United States

16. EQ: What developments in science and technology transformed daily life during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

17. Spit It Out
What do you know or think you know about Thomas Edison?

18. Group Work Graphic Organizer: Inventions, Medicine, Science
Note for each person- what they invented/discovered/theorized; time period if noted; purpose/impact of invention/discovery/theory

19. Social Sciences
Human behavior and society looked at scientifically: Archeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology
Psychology- human mind and behavior
Ivan Pavlov- human actions are unconscious reacti0ns to experiences and can be changed by training
Sigmund Freud- unconscious mind drives how ppl think and act; pioneered psychoanalysis

20. Mass Culture
Changes that led to rise: increased leisure time, literacy, music in homes; decrease in cost of publications
Music halls/Vaudeville
Projecting moving pictures
By million Americans went to 10,000 theatres a day
Spectator sports
U.S.- football, baseball
Europe- soccer, cricket
1896- International Olympic Games

21. Academic Writing
Which invention/discovery from the late 1800s and early 1900s do you think benefited people’s lives the most? Explain your answer.