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wenstern democaaciees Flashcards

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A political scandal that caused deep divisions in France; centered on the 1814 wrongful conviction for treason of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army

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Dreyfus Affairs

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Rural towns in England that sent members to Parliament despite having few/none voters

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Rotten Boroughs

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Voters cast without announcing them public

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Secret ballot

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A form of government in which the executive leaders (usually a prime minister & cabinet), are chosen by & responsible to the legislature (parliament), are also members of it

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Parliamentary democracy

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Body of people allowed to vote

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Electorate

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Trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, or other restrictions

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Free trade

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Cancel

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Repeal

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8
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Crime punishable by death

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Capital offense

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9
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One who owns a large estate but doesn’t live there

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Absentee landlord

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10
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Place where people convicted of crimes are sent

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Penal colony

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A movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state in ancient homeland

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Zionism

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12
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Knowing publication of false & damaging statements

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Libel

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Forced separation by race, *** religion, or ethnicity

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Segregation

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14
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Withdraw

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Secede

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15
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Temporary alliance of various political parties

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Coalition

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16
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Policy of increasing the amount of territory a government holds

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Expansionism

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17
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Local self-government

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Home rule

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18
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Territory purchased by Thomas Jefferson from France in 1803

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Louisiana Purchase

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American idea that U.S. should stretch across the entire North American continent

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Manifest Destiny

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20
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What was struck from the House of Lords?

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Power to veto

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21
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What is free trade?

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Trade between countries without restrictions

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22
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What did Parisian rebels set up?

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Commune

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23
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What did the Parliament repeat to lower the price of grains & bread?

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Corn Laws

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24
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Who regulated conditions in factories & mines & set a minimum wage?

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Reformers

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25
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Who pushed Britain to end the slave trade?

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William Wilberforce

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26
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Who sent troops to disband the Communards?

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National Assembly

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27
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What does penal mean?

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Punishment

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28
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Where were petty criminals transported?

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Penal colonies in the new British territory of Australia

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29
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Why did many parties form unstable coalitions?

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To name a premier

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30
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What did the Third Republic’s new laws regulate?

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Wages, hours, & safety conditions

31
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What allowed the Labour Party suppress the Liberals?

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Union membership soared

32
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What was a Jewish officer, Alfred Dreyfus, accused of?

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Spying for Germany

33
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What did Theodor Herzl launch?

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Zionism

34
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Who published “J’Accuse!” & was convicted of libel?

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Emile Zola

35
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Who used aggressive tactics to gain suffrage?

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Emmeline Pankhurst

36
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While Irish peasants lived in desperate poverty who did they pay high rents?

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Absentee landlords in England

37
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What was the blight that struck Ireland and destroyed the potato crop?

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“The Great Hunger”

38
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What is Zionism?

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A movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish state

39
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Who bought the Louisiana territory from France?

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President Jefferson

40
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What is Manifest Destiny?

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An American belief that U.S. was destined to stretch across the continent

40
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In order to liberate Ireland what did Irish militants organize?

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Fenian Brotherhood

41
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What did Napoleon III rule as?

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A dictator

42
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Who rallied Irish members of Parliament to press for home rule?

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Charles Steward Parnell

43
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Who escaped slavery & spoke in the North about the evils of the system?

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Frederick Douglass

44
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Who did the Parliament grant the right to vote?

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Catholics

45
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Who sent a few members to the Parliament, while new industrial cities had no seats?

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Rotten Boroughs

46
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What represented the middle-class & business interests?

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The Whig Party

47
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What was the Second Empire?

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A constitutional monarchy

48
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What did Prussian troops do to Parisians?

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Siege and starve

49
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Who spoke for nobles & landowners?

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The Tory Party

50
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What did Ferdinand de Lesseps organize?

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Construction of the Suez Canal

51
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Who was captured during the Franco-Prussian War?

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Napoleon III

52
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Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention to gain equality?

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Mott & Stanton

53
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Who did Napoleon III try to place on the Mexican throne?

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Maximillian

54
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What imposed segregation in public places & conditions for voter eligibility?

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Southern Laws

55
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What did being scared of Lincoln abolishing slavery do to the Southern states?

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Southern states seceded

56
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What did the U.S. grow to lead in the world?

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Industrial & agricultural production

57
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What were Southerners scared of?

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Lincoln would abolish slavery

58
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What was France forced to surrender to Germany?

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Alsace-Lorraine

59
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What did American workers organize?

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American Federation of Labor

60
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Who sought to regulate conditions for workers & give more power to them?

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The Progressives

61
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Who united to form the Populist Party?

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Farmers & workers

62
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What act redistributed seats in the House of Commons & enlarged the electorate?

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The Reform Act of 1832

63
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What did the People’s Charter demand?

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Universal manhood suffrage & a secret ballot

64
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What did the South have less of than the North?

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Resources & industry

65
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Who is now the modern Liberal Party?

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Gladstone’s Whigs

66
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Under whose rule did the British Empire expand?

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Victoria

67
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What bill did Disraeli’s Tories reform?

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Giving the vote to urban workers

68
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What bill did Gladstone’s Whigs reform?

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Giving the vote to farm workers

69
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What was Britain by 1900?

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Parliament Democracy

70
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What did the Victorian Ideals include?

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Duty, hard work, & respectability

71
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What is now the modern Conservative Party?

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Disraeli’s Tories

72
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