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Chapter 26An Age of Democracy & Progress 1815-1914

Section 1:Democratic Reform and

Activism

Britain Enacts Reform1600, ____________________

Very few could vote for parliament

1832, Reform Bill of 1832Gave ____________________ to

many in middle class

The People’s CharterNot EVERYONE could vote

Started ____________________

Presented their ideas in The People’s Charter of 1838

Power Shift in Britain____________________ allowed

parliament to gain more power during her regimeKnown as the ____________________

Women Get the Vote1903,

____________________________________ campaigned for women’s suffrage in BritainWomen would not vote in Britain until

19181920 in the US

France and Democracy1875, ____________________was

formed

1860s, Army officer Alfred Dreyfus accused of being a traitor

It was discovered that he was framed

____________________ revealed ____________________

Zionism1890s, ____________________ –

movement to separate Palestine for Jews


Section 2:Self-Rule for British

Colonies

British colonies all over the World3 British colonies wanted self-

government

Canada Struggles for Self-Rule1763, Britain wins land from France in

____________________

Canada divided

Did not get along1791, Britain divided into 2 provinces

French-Canadians RebelBritain reunited both provinces after

several rebellionsCreated ____________________ of Canada

1871, Canada from Atlantic ocean to Pacific Ocean

Australia and New Zealand1769, Britain controlled

__________________

1770, Britain controlled __________________

AustraliaAustralia was a ____________________

For convicted criminals

____________________ – Australian Nativeswere nomadicHad few rights

New ZealandMaori- New Zealand Natives

Australia and New Zealand1850s, became self-governing

1900s, became ____________________

Australia – ________________________________________

New Zealand- first to give women the right to vote (____________________)

Ireland

1840, Irish potato famine

Millions went to United States

Home RuleLate 1800s, Irish argued for Home

Rule

1914, Parliament passed Home Rule bill

Irish Rebellion____________________– fought for

independence

Violence continued on and off until 1998Agreement signed to establish peace


Section 2:War and Expansion in

the United States

Americans Move WestUnited States expanded

1800s, ____________________1840s, ____________________

____________________– Belief US should control land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Problems Moving West_________________- Natives forced to

leave their homes

North was against slaverySouth was in favor

Civil WarSouth ____________________- separated

from UnionCreated the Confederate State of

America

1861, ____________________

Civil War Tests DemocracyCivil war lasted 4 years

1865, North won the war

____________________issued the ____________________ freeing all the slaves

SegregationAfrican Americans were free

But there was racism

Postwar EconomyQuick industrial growth

Rise in immigration from ________________________________________1914. more than 20 Million immigrantsMany moved West

Postwar EconomyCongress built ___________________

across the United States


Section 4:Nineteenth-Century

Progress

Inventions Make Life Easier1800s, many new ____________________

Thomas Edison1879, ____________________

Alexander Graham Bell

Guglielmo Marconi

Henry Ford

1913, Assembly line

Wright Brothers

New Ideas in MedicineFrench Scientist Louis Pasteur

discovered ____________________

Joseph Lister discovered bacteria could cause disease

Charles Darwin

Against the bible

Gregor Mendel

Marie and Pierre Curie

Ivan Pavlov

Sigmund Freud

Education

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