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