Chapter 23
Growth of Western Democracies
1800s
body of people allowed to vote
Electorate
Two Houses of British Parliament
- legislative branch of Great Britain that is composed of
elected officials and holds all the power.
- legislative branch of Great Britain that consists of
hereditary nobles and clergymen. Lacks real power.
House of Commons and House of Lords
ruler of Great Britain for 63 years and she oversaw the
evolution of Great Britain as a Global Empire and the
Growth of Democracy.
Queen Victoria
Time period named after the monarch who became a
symbol of their nationalism and was an age of duty,
thrift, and respectability.
Victorian Age
Britian’s form of government in which the executive
leadership is chosen by the legislature. (India will
adopt the same form of government)
Parliamentary Democracy
trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, or
other restrictions. Used to expand economies.
Free Trade
1800s - campaign against slavery and the slave trade
around the western world
Abolition Movement
trade between countries without quotas, tariffs, or
other restrictions. Used to expand economies.
Free Trade
Under British Rule in Ireland - one who owned a large
estate but did not live there.
Absentee Landlord
potato crops were destroyed leading to famine that
resulted in the death of over 1 million Irish—mass
migration to USA – the British did nothing to help,
continuing to export other crops to Europe
Irish Potato Famine
The Irish began their nationalist fight for this –
local self government
Home Rule
Built by the French, eventually bought by the British - canal linking
the Red Sea and Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea which
also links Europe to Asia and East Africa. (Med to Red)
Important to World Trade because it is a ‘Strategic Location’
Suez Canal
to move from one place to another
Migration
Nephew of Napoleon – 1800s - Ruler of France during
the Second Empire of France. Ruler during the
Franco-Prussian War
Napoleon III
Hatred, persecution, and discrimination against Jews
Anti-Semitism
a political scandal that caused deep divisions in France
between Royalists liberals, and Republicans;
centered on the 1894 wrongful conviction of Alfred
Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army accused
of spying for Germany during the Franco-Prussian
War.
Dreyfus Scandal
Nationalist movement devoted to rebuilding a Jewish
homeland in the ancient land of Israel in Palestine.
Zionism
Journalist and founder of modern Zionism in which he
called for a Jewish homeland.
Theodor Herzl