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An Age of Democracy and Progress Flashcards

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1
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What strongly affected Europe and its colonies

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Democratic Ideals

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2
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Who expanded their borders

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United States

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3
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What changed daily life

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technology and science

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4
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Who underwent democratic reforms

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Great Britain and France

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5
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Who did vote limit too in the early 1800’s

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only to men with substantial property

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6
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Who could not vote at all

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Women

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7
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Who ran the government

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upper classes

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8
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What is the right to vote

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suffrage

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9
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What movement expanded suffrage and reform politics

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Chartist movement

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10
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What did the Chartist movement demand for

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suffrage for all men, secret vote and Parliamentary reforms

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11
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What rejected at first but eventually adopted Chartist goals

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Parliament

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12
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Who ruled for 64 years at height of British power

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Queen Victoria

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13
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Who did Queen Victoria lose power too

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Parliament

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14
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Who ran the government almost completely

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prime minister

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15
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What did many women organize

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the right to vote

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16
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Did all women want the right to vote

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no

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17
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Who formed Women’s social and Political Union

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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18
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After 1903, what did WSPU members do

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protest, go to jail, and stage hunger strikes

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19
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When did women win suffrage in Britain and U.S.

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after World War

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20
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Who changed their government repeatedly after Franco-Prussian War

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France

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21
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What was the french government formed in 1875, and lasted 60 years

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Third Republic

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22
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Who was a spy controversy over Jewish officer in French Army

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Dreyfus Affair

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23
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What is the prejudice against jews/ it is strong in much of Europe

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Anti-Semitism

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24
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Did the government ever declare Dreyfus innocent

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Yes

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25
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What is the name of the movement for Jewish homeland/ grows after Dreyfus Affair

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Zionism

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26
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Who allowed self-rule in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand but delays it for Ireland

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Britain

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27
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Who was Canada originally home to

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Native American people

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28
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What two countries did Canada split into

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English (upper) and French (lower)

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29
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Who demanded more reform, producing rebellions in 1830’s

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Middle class

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30
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Who approved Lord Durham’s changes allowing more self-rule

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Parliament

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31
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Who wanted a central government to protect interests against U.S.

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Canadians

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32
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What is self-governing but part of British Empire

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Dominion

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33
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Who was the first prime minister of Canada

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John MacDonald

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34
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Where did John expand Canada too

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Pacific

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35
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What did John build

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transcontinental railroad

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36
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who claimed New Zealand and part of Australia

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Captain Cook

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37
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Who are native people of New Zealand

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Maori

38
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Who are native people of Australia

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Aborigines

39
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Who was an actor, director, and of Maori Descent

A

Taika Watiti

40
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Who started colonizing Australia and made it a penal colony

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Britian

41
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What is a place where convicts are sent to serve their sentences

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Penal colony

42
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Could prisoners buy land and settle when they were released

A

Yes

43
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What animal did settlers introduce

A

sheep

44
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What became a major export

A

wool

45
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Who recognized Maori land rights until conflicts in 1839

A

Britian

46
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Who got limited self-rule

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Australia and New Zealand

47
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Who were the first to use the secret ballot

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Australians

48
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What was the first nation to grant women suffrage

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New Zealand

49
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Who killed many Maori and Aborigines

A

Colonists

50
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What else killed people

A

European diseases

51
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What lead into domination of Ireland

A

English expansion

52
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Who resent English laws favoring Protestants

A

Irish Catholic majority

53
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Who depended heavily on potatoes for nourishment

A

Irish peasants

54
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What destroyed entire crop

A

potato famine

55
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How many people died in the potato famine

A

1 million

56
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Where did millions from Ireland flee to

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U.S, Canada, Australia, Britian

57
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Who staged failed Easter uprising in 1916

A

Frustrated Irish nationalists

58
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What was an unofficial military force seeking independence

A

Irish Republican Army

59
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When Ireland Split, did Northern Ireland remain part of Britain

A

Yes

60
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What did the south part of Ireland become

A

Irish Free State, and then Republic of Ireland

61
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What is local control over internal affairs

A

Home rule

62
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Why was home rule being granted postponed

A

World War I

63
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who patents over 1,000 inventions in research laboratory; creator of the light bulb

A

Thomas Edison

64
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Who invented the telephone and radio

A

Bell and Marconi

65
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Who developed the first working airplane

A

The Wright Bros.

66
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Who invented the first automobile

A

Germans

67
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How did Henry Ford lower costs

A

Assembly line

68
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What is one task per worker

A

Assembly line

69
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Who discovered the existence of bacteria while observing fermentation

A

Louis Pasteur

70
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What did Louis figure about bacteria

A

it could cause disease

71
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Who links bacteria to surgical problems

A

Joseph Lister

72
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What reduced deaths from infection

A

Sterilizing instruments

73
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What did Medical researcher develop

A

vaccines

74
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What did cities improve

A

sanitation

75
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What did Darwin’s idea of natural selection say

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competition elevates fittest, fittest then breed, their offspring share their advantages

76
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What is species change slowly through natural selection

A

Theory of evolution

77
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Who discovered patterns to inherited traits

A

Gregor Mendel

78
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What did Mendel’s work begin

A

the science of genetics

79
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Who theorizes that all matter is made of atoms

A

John Dalton

80
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Who created the periodic table of the elements

A

Dmitri Mendeleev

81
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What is the type of energy discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie

A

Radioactivity

82
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Who says that atoms have a nucleus surrounded by electrons

A

Ernest Rutherford

83
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Sciences of ____, ________, and ______ begin in 1800’s

A

archaeology, sociology, and anthropology

84
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what is the study of human mind and behavior

A

Psychology

85
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Who believes human actions actually unconscious reactions

A

Ivan Pavlov

86
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Who studies unconscious, develop psychoanalysis

A

Sigmund Freud

87
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Who shake Enlightenment’s faith in reason

A

Freud and Pavlov

88
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What is Art, music, and entertainment for large audiences

A

mass culture

89
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What was Vaudeville, juggling, dancing, travelling acts, music halls, and films available too

A

working class

90
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Who drew huge crowds

A

Spectator sports

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