Important People
This French writer described and endorsed Enlightenment ideals.
Who is Voltaire?
Enlightenment ideals influenced both France and the American colonies.
What is True?
Many British citizens moved here during the 18th and 19th centures.
What are the cities?
The 1833 Factory Act placed limits on this
What is child labor?
This American published the first well-known article in the American Colonies that supported the freeing of slaves.
Who was Thomas Paine?
Workers Unions developed during the Industrial Revolution.
What is True?
She was Queen of France during the French Revolution.
Who is Marie-Antoinette?
Belgium rebelled against its rulers due to religious and language (and economic) differences.
What is True?
This American invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
Whom did the Mines Act bar from working in the coal mines?
What are women?
This machine had a negative effect on the efforts to abolish American slavery
What is the cotton gin?
Slavery continues in some Islamic countries today.
What is True?
He was King of France at the start of the French Revolution.
Who was Louis the XVI?
Nationalism means intense devotion and loyalty to one's own people and country.
What is True?
This man invented the reaping machine.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
The Great Awakening in America lasted this long.
What is 40 years?
This American abolitionist was once a slave in Maryland
Who was Frederick Douglass?
John Newton wrote the words to " Amazing Grace"
What is True?
This army general became dictator of France
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
Napoleon's forces were finally defeated on June 18, 1815 at Waterloo.
What is True?
This nation was dominant after France's defeat.
What is Britain?
The African Slave Trade became a major industry during the Age of this.
What is Exploration?
The New York Manumission Society supported this.
What is abolition of slavery?
The French colony of Haiti won its independence through a slave rebellion.
What is True?
This nationalist formed the "Red Shirts" and conquered Sicily and Naples.
Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?
An entrepreneur is someone who develops a a business and makes a profit at the risk of personal loss
What is True?
JohnWesley was a member of this religious group.
What is Methodist?
He was involved in the African Slave Trade before he was saved.
Who was John Newton?
The 1833 Factory Act required children to go to school this many hours a day.
What is 3?
The Society of Friends is another name for Protestants.
What is False? (Quakers)