Chapter 11 Flashcards
a crime punishable by death
capital offense
allows people to cast votes without announcing them publically
secret ballot
an alliance of different political parties
coalition
land acquisition that doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
campaign against slavery and the slave trade
abolition movement
In 1832, large towns and cities in Britain received greater representation in Parliament as a result of ______________
the Great Reform Act
Through reforms that took place during the late 1800s, Britain transformed itself into a ____________
parliamentary democracy
What was the result of widespread anti-Semitism in Europe in the late 1800s?
Theodor Herzl helped to launch modern Zionism
In 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Staton organized ___________
the first women’s rights convention
Rotten Boroughs in Britain were ___________
rural towns that had an unfairly large number of representatives in Parliament
The Chartist movement in Britain demanded ____________
the secret ballot
By the 1860s, Benjamin Disraeli had forged the old Tory Party into the modern _____________
conservative party
In the 1800s, what was a major reason why the Irish resented the British in Ireland?
Irish peasants payed high rents to British absentee landlords
African Americans were allowed to vote in the United States when ____________
congress passed the 15 ammendment
Which issue in the platform of the Populist Party eventually became law in the United States?
the 8 hour workday
