An Age of Democracy and Progress, 1815-1914Chapter 10
Democratic Reform and Activism
• Section 1
Connection• Urbanization and industrialization lead to problems like
______________
• People demand reforms -> improve conditions for workers and poor
• Many begin calling for political reforms
Britain’s Reforms• Protests lead to British Parliament passing the Reform Bill of
1832 -> extending suffrage (the right to vote) to the upper middle class
• Chartists Movement – protests demanding suffrage for all men, pay members of Parliament, and a secret ballot
• 1884 – nearly all men in Britain can vote
Women • Women gain the right to vote in 1919 (U.S. and G. Britain)
Hunger Strikes
• A main goal of the French Revolution, Glorious Revolution of England, and the American Revolution was _____________.
• Revolutionaries wanted the power of ______________ to be limited.
• Individual and political rights are now being fought for by ___________________.
France and Democracy • One word to describe France up to this point would be
__________________
• A republic is a _____________ democracy
• Third Republic (1875- 1940) – France has a republic but monarchists, aristocrats, clergy, and army leaders do not want it
• To gain more support they scare people
• Use anti-Semitism (prejudice towards Jews) to make the govt. look weak
• Frame Alfred Dreyfus, Jewish officer
Instructions• Read primary source and answer questions 1-3• Look up when you are done
Alfred Dreyfus
1.What happened to Dreyfus during the degradation (humiliation) ceremony?
2.How did Dreyfus react? 3.Do you think Dreyfus was able to convince the crowd of his
innocence? Give specific reasons to support your answer? 4.Why was he framed? 5.How did overturning the decision strengthen the fight for
individual liberty (freedom)? 6.Why does Zionism develop? How does it affect Jewish
emigration? (page. 316)
Section 2 • Self-Rule for British Colonies
Canada• France loses Canada after the French and Indian War• Immigration increases from Britain• Dominion = Canada is self-governing domestically (in Canada)
but remains a part of the British Empire
Australia• British sea captain
(James Cook)claims it in 1770• Penal colony – British
prisoners are sent there -> Why? • Govt. offers cheap
land to encourage migration
New Zealand• 1840 Maori accept
British rule -> British recognize their land rights
• Australia and N. Zealand become British dominions• Native peoples are killed, kicked off land, or die from disease• N. Zealand = 1893 first country to give voting rights to women
(white)
Ireland• Pope grants control
of Ireland to English king in 1100s• English limit the
rights of Catholics• Great Famine =
potato fungus -> a million die and 1.5 million leave
Ireland• Some Irish want home rule =
local control
• 1921 – Britain divides Ireland (North = part of Britain and South = dominion)
• Irish Republican Army (IRA) – want independence -> attack British officials in Ireland
• 1949 – Northern Ireland controlled by G. Britain -> Ireland = independent
• __________________ was a dominion of Great Britain which meant it could ____________.
• The Great ____________ affected the Irish population because _________________.
• How would Irish and American history have been different had the famine never occurred?
War and Expansion in the U.S. • Section 3
Americans Move West
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny• Indian Removal Act
Manifest Destiny• Indian Removal Act
War with Mexico - Texas
War with Mexico
Civil War • Southern economy relies on cotton
Civil War • Stop the spread of slavery
Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
Reconstruction
Postwar Economy
19th Century Progress • Section 4
Inventions
Inventions• Henry Ford –
assembly line -> cars
Medicine • Germ theory • Louis Pasteur• Germs, bacteria, can
be killed by heat• Cleanliness helps
prevent the spread of disease• Hospitals – cleaner • vaccines
Science• Charles Darwin’s
theory of evolution • Population grows
faster than food supply• Competition for food• Species that are the
fittest survive• Over time species
may change
Social Science • Psychology – the
study of the human mind• Freud – the
unconscious mind (memories and desires) drives how people think and act
Mass Culture • Most people could
not experience art, writing, music, entertainment
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