Britain & Reform
This is the name of the legislative body that held real power in 19th-century Britain.
What is:
- (British) Parliament?
This is the name of the document Chartists presented to Parliament.
What is:
- the People's Charter?
This is the name of the French officer wrongly convicted of spying in the 1890s.
Who is:
( Captain ) Alfred Dreyfus?
This 1863 document declared slaves in Confederate-held areas free.
What is:
- The Emancipation Proclamation?
This is the inventor of the lightbulb and the phonograph.
Who is:
- Thomas Edison?
This law only managed to ease property requirements when it came to voting.
What is:
- the Reform Bill of 1832?
This demand from the People's Charter deals with privacy.
What is:
- Having a secret ballot?
This term refers to prejudice against Jews highlighted by the Dreyfus case.
What is:
- Anti - Semitism?
This amendment abolished slavery & banned forced labor.
What is:
- 13th amendment?
This is the inventor that is credited with creating the telephone.
Who is:
- Alexander Graham Bell
Of the two Houses in Parliament, this one has their members get their seats either by it being appointed or they inherit it.
What is:
- the House of Lords?
This demand in the People's Charter is the only one that refers to money.
What is:
- Fair pay for Parliament members?
This is the name of the writer who published a letter, accusing the army of a cover-up in 1898.
Who is:
- Emile Zola?
This amendment granted citizenship rights to former slaves.
What is:
- the 14th Amendment?
This inventor is responsible for sending wireless Morse code messages in 1895.
Who is:
- Guglielmo Marconi?
This is the approximate percent of the population that could vote before major reforms.
What is:
- 5%?
By this year, most adult males in Britain had the ability to vote.
What is:
- 1884?
This refers to the movement that sought a Jewish homeland in Palestine in the 1890s.
What is:
- Zionism?
This amendment aimed to protect voting rights for former slaves.
What is:
- the 15th amendment?
This manufacturing method, used by Henry Ford, sped production on a moving belt.
What is:
- the assembly line
This is the key social group that, while we don't normally hear from them, protested in 1830 pushing for suffrage reform.
What is:
- Wealthy middle class?
Will also take:
- Middle Class
Double Jeopardy!
By the early 1900s, all but this type of election became law.
What is:
- annual elections?
This is one effect that the Dreyfus Affair has on French Society.
What is:
- Increased Anti-Semitism?
OR
- Different ideas on justice
This is one reason the Reconstruction failed to fully protect African American rights by 1877.
What is:
- Rise in segregation laws
OR
- Black Codes
This scientist discovered radioactive elements.
Who is:
- Marie Curie