age of democracy and progress Flashcards
(16 cards)
third republic
made in France and lasted 60 years
suffrage
right to vote
secede
formally withdraw from an alliance
manifest destiny
idea that it was the right and duty of the US to rule NA from Atlantic to pacific
dominion
self governing colony
mass culture
production of work of art and entertainment designed to appeal to large audiences
reform bill on 1832
suffrage, chartist movement, led by Queen victoria and British empire was at it’s height, monarchy was powerless and symbolic
women’s suffrage before 1900
only in New Zealand
British penal colony
for convicts, in Australia
great famine
potatoes in Ireland went bad, people died, immigration to US
theory of evolution
all species come from something previously existing
Charles Darwin
natural selection (population grows faster than food) , wrote “on the origins of species”
Thomas Edison
light bulb, research lab
Henry ford
assembly line, industrialized automobile
Alexander graham bell
telephone
anti semitism
prejudice against Jews