Making of the Modern World
In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Declaration.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A mechanised handloom.
What was the flying shuttle?
1901
When was Federation?
A document adopted by the UN General Assembly to protect people’s rights.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
His assassination is viewed as a short term cause of WWI.
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Campaigned to the British Parliament to abolish slave trading throughout the British empire.
Who is William Wilberforce?
Credited for developing a commercial steam engine for powering machinery.
Who is James Watts?
First nations people who did not willingly accept the invasion of their land, resisting vigorously, and sometimes violently.
Who were the Indigenous Australians?
Former prime minister who apologised to Stolen Generations in 2008?
Who is Kevin Rudd?
A tracked vehicle first used during WWI.
What is a tank?
Formed the backbone of the economies of the British and French colonies
What is slave labour?
Hazardous to work in due to poor ventilation and explosive gases
What are coal mines?
Created by churches or religious groups to house Aboriginal people and train them in Christian ideals.
What were Aboriginal Missions?
In what year was the referendum to change the Constitution?
1967
The year the war started.
What happened in 1914
The development of scientific enquiry and rational thought which dominated the 18th century
What is the Enlightenment?
The foundation of the British economy in the Industrial Revolution.
What is the textile industry?
Hated for their hard work, success in the gold fields and ‘strange’ culture.
Who were the Chinese miners?
His court case overruled Terra Nullius
Who is Eddie Mabo?
The group of countries that was made up of France, England & Russia.
Who were the Triple Entente?
Rotting de-commissioned ships used as prisons.
What are Hulks?
A machine able to spin eight spindles of yard simultaneously.
What is the Spinning Jenny?
Contributed to the development of democratic rights and a more equal society.
What was the Eureka Stockade?
Drove around Western NSW bringing awareness of racism and discrimination.
Who were the Freedom Riders?
This ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 killing 1198 civilians.
What was the Lusitania?