Chapter 23:  Growth of Western Democracies
Mr. Maloney and Mr. Glaser

Define:
1.  electorate-

2.  secret ballot-

3.  parliamentary democracy-

4.  free trade-

5.  abolition movement-

6.  repeal-

7.  capital offense-

8.  penal colony-

9.  Suez Canal-

10.  Zionism-

11.  libel-

12.  Dreyfus Affair-

13.  Expansionism-

14.  Manifest Destiny-

15.  segregation-

Answer:
16.  How did the British parliament get reformed in the early 1800s?  page 722-723

17.  What is the importance of Queen Victoria and the Victorian Age? Page 723-724

18.  What was the first reform act in Britain?  What was the next reform act in Britain?  Why were these reforms important?  What was accomplished by the reforms?  Page 724
19.  How were the Lords limited?  What is the difference between the House of Lords and the House of Commons in Britain?  Page 725

20.  Where did the British send their convicts?  When were hangings outlawed in Britain?  Page 727

21.  What was happening for Labor Unions in Britain?  How were union members treated?  Page 728

22.  Who did women’s suffrage come about in Britain?  What were the rules?  Page 729

23.  Do you think the Irish Famine was more accurately described as a natural disaster or a human made disaster?  Why?  Page 730

24.  What led to Irish Nationalism?  Why don’t the Irish and British get along?  Page 731

25.  What are the factors that lead to large groups of people moving from one place to another?  Page 732

26.  What were Napolean III’s successes and failures?  Page 733-734

27.    Explain the Siege of Paris.  Page 734-735

28.  Would it have been a good idea to create a Jewish state in the early 1900s?  Explain.  Page 737
29.  What doubled the size of the United States?  Why was this important?  Page 739

30.  What did Lewis and Clark do?  Page 740

31.  How did the Civil War in America change life for African Americans?  Page 741

32.  What was the women’s rights movement about?  Page 741

33.  What factors led to the U.S. becoming an agricultural and industrial leader?

34.  Using the timelines of page 744, please pick what you believe are the most important  
       7 events (give their year) and the most important 7 reforms.