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

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

3. Democratic Reform and Activism
Chapter 10
Section 1
Page 313

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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

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

15. 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

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

17. 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

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

19. Nineteenth-Century Progress
Chapter 10
Section 4
Page 328

20. 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

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

22. 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

23. Medicines
Public officials improve public health
Develop vaccines

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