An Age of Democracy and Progress Flashcards
Who are the Tories?
Members of the aristocracy
Who are the Whigs?
Merchants
What did the Corn Laws do?
○ Kept corn prices high
○ Had controversy - only helped farmers and no one else
What did the Chartist Movement achieved?
○ Based on the People’s Charter
○ Only really helped men
■ The right of all men (over 21 and not insane or criminal) to vote
■ Electoral districts that are equally represented
■ Abolition of property requirements for members of parliament
■ Annual elections
Why do you think the Chartists demanded a secret ballot rather than public voting?
It allowed people to vote with full confidence and made the voters less subject to intimidation.
How were the struggles for woman suffrage in Britain and America similar and different? Was the use of militant action effective in achieving the goal of woman suffrage?
They were similar because they both formed organizations to win the vote and achieve their goals. They were different because American women achieved their goal in 1920, while British women achieved their goal in 1918. The success wasn’t achieved until the end of WWI.
What were two major effects of the Dreyfus affair?
Two major effects were that it divided people in France and it inspired Theordore Herzel to begin the movement called Zionism.
Suffrage
The right to vote
What is the 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
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 to 1901 and empress of India from 1876 to 1901; during her reign, the second-longest in all of British history, she allowed Parliament to become more involved in running the government.
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.
What was the 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 Jewish self-determination and the establishment of a Jewish state in the ancient Jewish homeland.
How did power shift in Britain in the 1800s?
Power shifted because power was moved to the middle class as Parliament passed more laws.
When did women get the right to vote in Britain and the United States?
Women got the right to vote in Britain in 1918, and the United States in 1920.
Where in Europe was anti-Semitism found?
Eastern Europe was where anti-Semitism was found.
How do you think Durham’s report affected the French-speaking Canadians?
It affected the French-speaking Canadians by subjecting them to greater influence of the English-speaking majority, becoming the smaller minority.
