Expansion of the United States
The claim that the USA was destined to spread across the whole continent.
Manifest Destiny
Revolutionary government that briefly ruled Paris
Paris Commune
Having secret votes
Secret Ballot
Local self-government
Home Rule
Limited involvement in world affairs
Isolationism
French army officer who went through a 12-year trial
Alfred Dreyfus
She was the queen of the UK of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Victoria
Special settlements for convicts in Australia and New Zealand
Penal Colony
Americans who demand an immediate and complete end to slavery.
Abolitionist
The knowing publication of false and damaging statements
Libel
An election district that has more representatives in a legislative body
Rotten Borough
Placed high tariffs on imported grains.
Corn Laws
Allowed African American men to vote
Fifteenth Amendment
Temporary government that evolved into France’s Third Republic
Provisional
He was a four-time prime minister of Great Britain and a British statesman.
William Gladstone
A socialist organization that promoted gradual change through legal means.
Fabian Society
A man who escaped slavery, and spoke eloquently in the North about the Evils of Slavery.
Frederick Douglass
Founded the French Union for Women’s Suffrage
Jeanne Elizabeth Schmahl
Everyone in the country or area who is entitled to vote.
Electorate
An act that redistributed seats in the House of Commons and enlarged the electorate.
Reform Act of 1832