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Chapter 10 Mass Society Coach Simmons Honors World History
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Chapter 9 Section 1 Democratic Reform and Activism
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Britain Enacts Reforms Reform Bill of 1832 -increased suffrage (businessmen & new districts) Chartist Movement -group that wanted all men to vote annually (People’s Charter) Victorian Age -British height in wealth and power (Queen Victoria)
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Women Get the Vote By 1890, in most industrial countries all men had right to vote, now women wanted the same As women started to organize suffrage groups, men and even some women resisted such a radical change Emmeline Pankhurst formed the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) a militant faction (p.315)
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France and Democracy The Third Republic -New government after split during Franco- Prussian War Dreyfus Affair -Controversy over who had control, anti- Semitism played key role (Alfred Dreyfus) -Zionism was the counter to persecution, it involved working toward a homeland for Jews in Palestine
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Chapter 10 Section 2 Self-Rule for British Colonies
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Canada Struggles for Self-Rule French and English Canada – cultural differences split Canada into Upper (British) and Lower (French) Lord Durham suggest Canadian independence Dominion of Canada – self governing but still part of British Empire 1871 Canada expanded to Pacific
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Australia & New Zealand James Cook founded both colonies in the early 1700’s Aborigines inhabited the islands Australia became Britain penal colony (prison camp) Settlers would thrive in mid 1800’s Tensions increased b/t settlers and Maori
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Irish Win Home Rule Ireland formally joined Britain in 1801 The great famine in 1840 – about 10% of population died (potatoes) Irish demanded home rule (local control) Agreement on splitting the North and South (Catholic & Protestant) Formation of the IRA 1949 declared itself independant
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Chapter 10 Section 3 War and Expansion in the United States
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The American West Manifest Destiny – the idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule N. America from Atlantic to the Pacific Indian Removal Act of 1830 – Eastern Natives had to move West. (Trail of Tears) Texas annexed in 1845 after some controversy Mexican-American War brought the southern borders to present day
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US Civil War Differences in economies of North (Industrial) and South (Agricultural) Debate over rights of individual states as expansion westward continued 1860, S States began to secede Lincoln elected and promised to end slavery and save the union 1863, Emancipation Proclamation – freed slaves in states under rebellion Reconstruction – South suffered under and eventually would set up segregation
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The Postwar Economy Industrial growth exponentially by 1914 leading industrial power Immigration – was a key component of growth providing the human capital and by 1914 20 million had moved to US from Europe and Asia The railroads connected the East to the West and completed the idea of Manifest Destiny
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Chapter 10 Section 4 19 th Century Progress
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New Inventions “Edison the inventor” – light bulb and phonograph Bell and Marconi – telephone and radio Ford and the automobile – standardized parts, internal-combustion engine, assembly line = affordability The Wright Brothers – 1903 first flight @ Kitty Hawk, NC
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New Medical Ideas Germ Theory of Disease – Louis Pasteur discovered bacteria and realized they are tiny organism that could cause sickness Joseph Lister- first to use anti-septics and clean wounds, and OR Cities started to build sewer and plumbing systems New vaccines developed (diphtheria, typhus, yellow fever)
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New Scientific Ideas Charles Darwin – Theory of evolution 1.Populations evolve or adapt to their environment over time to survive Mendel and genetics – discovered how certain traits are passed on from generation to generation Mendeleev – periodic table, study of chemistry, Marie Curie discovery of radioactive material
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Social Science Psychology – study of the human mind and behavior Ivan Pavlov – salivating dogs, behavior can be changed with training Sigmund Freud – believed memories and desires shape behavior, psychoanalysis Both challenged idea of enlightenment and reason
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Mass Culture Reasons for change (p.333) 1.Leisure activities 2.New technology 3.Reform Entertainment such as vaudeville, music, and movies Sports was growing rapidly as a spectator sport (baseball, football, boxing)
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