10 An Age of Democracy and Progress, 1815-1914 Flashcards
suffrage
the right to vote
Chartist movement
in 19th-century Britain, members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections, including suffrage for all men
Queen Victoria
leader of Britain for 64 years who reigned when democratic changes were occurring in the 1800s
Third Republic
the republic that was established in France after the downfall of Napoleon III and ended with the German occupation of France during World War II
Dreyfus affair
a controversy in France in the 1890s, centering on the trial and imprisonment of a Jewish army officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany
anti-Semitism
prejudice against Jews
Zionism
a movement founded in the 1890s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
dominion
in the British Empire, a nation (such as Canada) allowed to govern its own domestic affairs
Maori
a member of a Polynesian people who settled in New Zealand around AD 800
Aborigine
a member of any of the native peoples of Australia
penal colony
a colony to which convicts are sent as an alternative to prison
home rule
a control over internal matters granted to the residents of a region by a ruling government
Irish Republican Army
an unofficial nationalist military force seeking independence for Ireland from Great Britain
10.1 What were some effects of the Reform Bill of 1832?
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10.2 What were the two major reforms urged by the Durham report?
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