Before the reform act of 1832, who were the only British citizens who could vote?
Owners of large landholdings
what event provoked the secession of the Southern States from the US?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
what form of government did France adopt in 1875
Republic
which two lands did Captain Cook claim for Great Britain in 1770?
Australia and New Zealand
Movement to reestablish the home land for the Jewish people
Zionism
During the early 1900s, who was the British woman who formed the Women's social and Political union?
Emmeline Parkhurst
This was created by Henry Ford and revolutionized the auto industry
Assembly line
This type of rule allowed local control over internal matters only
Home Rule
Why did many Irish Flee Ireland in the 1840s?
Great Potato famine
crime charge to a captain who was Jewish which led to his imprisonment and eventual release due to a public scandal
Dreyfus Affair
who created the idea of evolution?
Charles Darwin
This was issued during the Civil War to prove to other countries that we were a slave free nation
Emancipation Proclamation
Which of the following political reforms occurred in New Zealand in 1893?
a. secret ballot
b. home rule
c. woman suffrage
d. all of the above
c. Women's suffrage
How did California and much of the Southwest become part of the United States?
Mexican Cession
What policy or action led to the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Who discovered the punitt square and the idea of genetics?
Gregor Mendel
why was the work of Louis Pasteur important in the history of medicine?
Found that bacteria caused disease
which did not occur in Great Britain by the early 1900s?
a. secret ballot
b. working class men right to vote
c. annual elections to house for commons
d. Members of Parliament paid salary
c. elections to house of commons
This country was created as a Penal Colony by the British
Australia
name of the French government that lasted over 60 years and started in 1875
The Third Republic
What Austrian Doctor made huge strides in the field of Psychology?
Sigmund Freud
The belief that the United States had the right and duty to rule North America
Manifest Destiny
how might the French government of the last 1800s and early 1900s be characterized?
unstable
Country where the Maori are native
New Zealand
self governing in domestic affairs but not in international ones
Dominion