World History
Chapter 26
p. 747-767
1.
Define suffrage-
2. What did the reform Bill of 1832 do?
3. What did the People’s Charter call for?
4. By what year, did most adult males in Britain have the right to vote?
5. Looking at the pie charts p. 748 “Expansion of Suffrage in Britain”,
a. What percentage of the adults in Britain could vote in 1832?
b. By how much did the percentage of voters increase after the reforms of 1867 and 1884?
6. What did the spread of democracy in the 1800’s lead to?
7. Who was the government completely run by?
8. What was the goal of the WSPU in Britain?
9. Describe the Dreyfus Affair.
10. What is prejudice against Jews called?
11. What was the Jewish desire to work for a homeland in Palestine called?
12. Section 2- What was it called when Canada was self governing in domestic affairs, but remained part of the
British Empire?
13. Define Maori14. Define Aborigines15. Define Penal Colony16. Looking at the map Australia and New Zealand to 1850 on p. 753 answer the following questions;
a. What sort of climate region is found along the eastern coast of Australia?
b. What regions of Australia and New Zealand were most densely inhabited by native peoples?
17. Define Home rule
18. Looking at Starvation in Ireland analyzing Primary Sources p. 754 answers the following questions:
a. What was the effect of the destruction of Ireland’s potato crop on the population of Ireland?
b. How did 18% of the population deal with famine?
c. Which country received the most Irish emigrants?
19. Who was the Irish Republican Army?
20. Section 3- What was the idea that the United States had the right and duty to rule North America from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean called?
21. Who did the Texans revolt against in 1836 and won independence from?
22. Using U.S. Expansion 1783 -1853 map p. 759 answer the following questions:
a. What was the first territory to be added to the United States after 1783?
b. What present day states were part of the Mexican cession?
23. Who was the president of the United States when the conflict between the North and South reached a
climax?
24. In what year, did each of these events occur?
a. Abraham Lincoln becomes president and many southern people are angryb. Southern soldiers fire guns at a fort and war beginsc. Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation which frees slaves in Southern statesd. The South surrenders25. Using Civil War in the United States 1861-65 p. 760 answer the following questions:
a. What can you tell about the strategy of the North to defeat the South?
b. Which side do you think suffered the most devastation? Why?
26. How did the Civil War speed up America’s industrialization?
27. Section 4 – How man inventions did Thomas Edison have a patent for?
28. Which of Edison’s inventions, shown on p. 763, do you think has had the most influence?
29. Who invented the telephone?
30. What did Marconi invent?
31. Who was the American inventor and industrialist who made factory production more efficient by
introducing the assembly line?
32. How did Joseph Lister improve the survival rate of his patients?
33. What is Mendeleev known for?
34. Who gave the new powerful form of energy the name radioactivity?
35. Using Rise of mass culture chart p. 767 answer the following questions:
a. What was the immediate cause for the increased demand for mass entertainment activities?
b. What was the ultimate effect of public education and improved communications?
36. How is the mass culture that rose at the end of the 19th century similar to mass culture today? How is it
different? Explain ( you need 1 similarity and explanation and one difference and explanation) (4)