Growth of Western Democracies (Chapter 11)

Question 1

He and his party doubled the size of the electorate by including working-class men in the vote

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Benjamin Disraeli

Question 2

The Dreyfus case reflected

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the rise of antisemitism in Europe

Question 3

Which was an effect of the Dreyfus Affair?

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demands for a Jewish state

Question 4

Which movement did the women's rights movement first spring from?

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the abolition movement

Question 5

This kept the price of British Grain high

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Corn Laws

Question 6

The Victorian Age can be categorized by all but which?

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Frivolity

Question 7

In the 1880s and 1890s public trust int he government was weakened due to

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a series of political scandals

Question 8

These are rural towns that sent members to Parliament despite having few or no voters...

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Rotten Boroughs

Question 9

By 1815, Britain had what percentage of the population could vote?

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less than 5%

Question 10

He and his party created universal male suffrage by including all men in the vote.

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William Gladstone

Question 11

Which political party was formed by socialists and union members?

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Labour Party

Question 12

Gave African American men the right to vote

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15th Amendment

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Helped launch modern Zionism

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Theodor Herzl

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In the early 1900s, the House of Lords became

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largely a ceremonial institution

Question 15

The Reform Act of 1832 was important because it

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gave a greater political voice to the middle class

Question 16

What effect did westward expansion have on Native Americans

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It devastated them

Question 17

Before the Civil War, one of the major issues between the North and the South was

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the extension of slavery into new states

Question 18

Minister of War accused of plotting to overthrow the Third Republic

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Geoges Boulanger

Question 19

France limited the power of the Church by passing a law that

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separated church and state

Question 20

What was one result of the Great Hunger?

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Millions of Irish emigrated to the US and Canada

Question 21

Founded the French Union for women's suffrage

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Jeanne-Elizabeth Schmahl

Question 22

In the 1870s, Irish nationalists began to demand this...

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home rule

Question 23

Accused of spying in the scandal that scarred French politics for decades

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Alfred Dreyfus

Question 24

He was an Irish Nationalist leader.

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Charles Stewart Parnell

Question 25

Which was not a step in reforming Parliament into a democracy?

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The controversial allowance of women to serve in Parliament.

Question 26

in the 1800s, the vote was extended to farmworkers under the leadership of

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Gladstone

Question 27

The Chartists were not successful because

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Parliament ignored their petitions

Question 28

Where did European immigrants first settle when they came to the US?

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Atlantic Coast

Question 29

What is one invention that allowed agricultural output to rise dramatically?

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the mechanical reaper

Question 30

Why did middle class business leaders want to repeal the Corn Laws?

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to open up trade

Question 31

This was a Socialist group that promoted change through legal means

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Fabian Society

Question 32

He was from Germany and held in high regard by Queen Victoria.

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Prince Albert

Question 33

Prior to Queen Elizabeth II, which British Monarch had the longest reign?

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Queen Victoria

Question 34

______ were members of a socialist organization that worked for social reform.

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Fabians

Question 35

Freed enslaved African Americans

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Abraham Lincoln

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African American who campaigned to end slavery

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Frederick Douglass

Question 37

What was one effect of reforms in the criminal justice system?

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a reduction in the number of capital offenses

Question 38

What did expansionists think was the proper world role for the United States?

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to pursue global economic and military interests

Question 39

During the Victorian Age, which event happened?

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Britain expanded their empire.

Question 40

Which country did not initially embrace democracy?

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Russia

Question 41

Which best describes how women felt about the women's suffrage movement?

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Opinion was divided

Question 42

The final barrier to democracy in Britain was/were

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wealthy lords

Question 43

Was a radical suffragist arrested and jailed for violent acts

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Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 44

Under Napoleon III, the French economy was

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very prosperous

Question 45

The radical Communards dreamed of building France into a

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new socialist order

Growth of Western Democracies (Chapter 11)

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Growth of Western Democracies (Chapter 11)

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