Democratic Reform & Activism
Not a whole lot of people were able to vote in Britain during this time, mainly since this was the criteria to vote.
What is:
- adult
- male
- owns a lot of land
- most likely rich
This was the act that allowed the government to force Native Americans living in the East to move West.
What is the Indian Removal Act [of 1830]?
This was the inventor that patented over 1,000 of his inventions, including the Light Bulb, Phonograph, and Moving Pictures.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This is the term that refers to the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
This was the President that came to power in 1860, causing Southern states to begin the process of secession.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What is the House of Lords?
This was the main issue that caused the Civil War between the North & the South.
What is:
- Slavery
- Economic differences that led to issues over slavery
This inventor was actually not one intentionally, as he was a teacher for deaf students.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
This is a term referring to a powerful form of energy.
What is radioactivity?
This is the idea that U.S. had the duty to rule North America from ocean to ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The Chartist Movement presented the People's Charter. This is one of it's proposals.
What are:
- All men & women receive suffrage
- A secret ballot
- Pay for Parliament Members
Before the U.S. went to war with Mexico, we made this agreement, which made some Americans unhappy with their living arrangement.
Answers may vary
What is:
- living in the area of Texas while under Mexican rule
This was the inventor who used the assembly line to help make their invention come true.
Who is Henry Ford?
This term refers to the action of withdrawing - for example, the Southern states during the Civil War.
What is secede?
This is the percentage in Great Britain's population that was allowed to vote.
What is 5%
In the Alfred Dreyfus case, many did not want it to be reopened after he was found guilty, mainly due to this reason.
[ Answers May Vary ]
- Felt National Security More important
- May make French army weak / look bad
When some of the Southern states began to secede, they also created their own union, called this.
What is the Confederate States of America?
This was the idea, supported by Charles Darwin, that the population grows faster than food supply & has to compete.
What is:
- Natural Selection
- Survival of the Fittest
This term refers to prejudice, or hateful actions, against the Jewish population.
What is Anti-Semitism?
This was the amount of seconds the wright Brothers were in the air with their flying contraption.
What is 59 seconds?
Emmeline Pankhurst creased the WSPU. This is the full name of the organization.
What is the Women's Social & Political Union?
This is the name of the 3 amendments that were passed after the Civil War, mainly dealing with the newly freed population.
Answers may vary
What are:
- Aftermath Amendments
- Reconstruction Amendments
This psychologist felt that repressed impulses and memories helped shape behaviors & created a therapy called psychoanalysis to help.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This is the title of a document that declared all slaves in Confederate states freed.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This inventor created the first radio in 1895.
Last name only.
Hint: His last name sounds like a noodle
Who is [Guglielmo] Marconi?