Chapter 8

Question 1

Rotten boroughs

Answer 1

Rural towns

Question 2

Great Reform Act

Answer 2

Redistributed seats in the House of Commons

Question 3

British government- late 1800’s

Answer 3

Parliamentary democracy

Question 4

British corn laws - who supported them

Answer 4

Farmers and wealthy land owners

Question 5

Catholic emancipation act

Answer 5

Allowed Irish Catholics the right to vote and hold office

Question 6

Franco-Prussian War - result for France’s second empire

Answer 6

The third republic under Napoleon III

Question 7

Seneca falls convention

Answer 7

First women’s rights convention

Question 8

Secret ballot

Answer 8

Allowed ppl to cast their votes without announcing them publicly

Question 9

Coalition

Answer 9

Alliances of various parties

Question 10

Abolition movement

Answer 10

Campaign against slavery and the slave trade

Question 11

Louisiana purchase

Answer 11

US bought the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million

Question 12

Capital offense

Answer 12

Crimes punishable by death

Question 13

Zionism

Answer 13

Movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in Palestine

Question 14

Segregation

Answer 14

Legal separation of races

Question 15

Home rule

Answer 15

Self-government

Question 16

Manifest Destiny

Answer 16

US was destined to spread across the entire continent from sea to sea

Question 17

Electorate

Answer 17

Body of people allowed to vote