History 10 Chapter 7

reform bill

• gave industrial areas more representation in the parliament

• extended franchise (right to vote) to all middle class men

• gave 20% of men to vote (excl urban & rural workers)

corn laws

• put a tariff on imported grain

• landlords & farmers favoured: grain price was high = more profit

• city dwellers disliked: high grain price = high bread price

liberal & conservative party views

• liberal

  • supports individual freedom, political change, social reform

• conservative

  • supports traditional order, resists political/social change

irish resenting britain rule

• britain rule limited catholic rights

• irish had to pay taxes for the anglican church & high rents

• potato famine crisis

irish evicted- why?

• protestants gaineed political, economic control over ireland = had WAY too much power and could evict irish ppl

lord dunham

• sent to be canada’s governor

• recommended upper/lower canada to be united

• said canada should control their own affairs

napoleon III

• emperor of france in 1852

• enforced strict censorship and had powerful secret police

• later, tried to be more liberal/democratic:

  • ending censorship

  • giving elected assembly a greater role in government

• ppl didnt like him (lol)

second empire

• napoleon III’s empire

• had a constitution and elected assembly

  • however, assembly could only address problems that the emperor (napoleon III) brought up

third republic

• had many enemies amongst monarchists and catholics

• faced political scandals and corruption

• was scared of and tried to arrest Boulanger for treason (Boulanger had more power than them)

• faced financial scandals (eg. accepting bribes)

• made reforms

  • weakened church’s power

  • approved 12hr workday

  • forbade workers under age 13

mexican war

• napoleon III sent 40k troops to mexico

  • claimed mexico’s government owed europe debts

• his attempt to claim mexico resulted badly

• dealt severe blows to napoleon III’s prestige and popularity

civil war

• revolved around slaves

• south wanted to keep slaves for labour: separated themselves into the “confederate states”

• north had more advantage and won the war: had more ppl, more materials/machines, etc.

• most fighting took place on south soil, which wrecked the south economically

• president lincoln freed slaves and abolished slavery

united states acquiring countries

• spain: florida

• mexico: california, texas, new mexico

• britain: oregon

• russia: alaska

economic growth in the united states

• railroads were built and could easily transport goods

  • mining material, cattle, grain, oil, etc.

age of reform

• ppl were progressives

• gave people power in politics

• limited business’ power

• promoted education

• limited work hours

• granted women & black people voting rights

united states growing in world affairs

• govt built a large navy

• industrialization made the U.S. known to the world

• americans felt the need to promote democracy and freedom (ironic asfff)

MATCHING: people’s charter

• had reformers demand the secret ballot & universal male suffrage

• believed members of parliament should receive salaries

MACTHING: emancipation proclamation

• freed slaves controlled in confederate states

• issued by abraham lincoln

MATCHING: dreyfus affair

• a jewish general who was accused of sharing french military secrets to germans

• he was wrongly accused and punished

• french army had anti-semitism and refused to open the case, even after learning he was innocent

• deepened divisions in france:

  • one side thought opening the case undermined France’s authority

  • another side thought not opening the case was injustice

MATCHING: manifest destiny

• a phrase/memo used by america

• americans believed it was “destiny” to extend the united states across all of north america

MATCHING: statue of westminister

• created the british commonwealth of nations

• made Canada (+ others) equal partners with Britain

YEAR: lewis & clarke explore

• 1st

• 1804-1806

YEAR: irish immigrants

• 2nd

• ~1840s

YEAR: potato famine

• 3rd

• 1845-1852

YEAR: civil war

• 4th

• 1861-1865

YEAR: third republic & labour legislation

• 5th

• 1870-1940

YEAR: paris commune

• 6th

• 1871

YEAR: labour party

• 7th

• 1900

YEAR: roosevelt regulations

• 8th

• 1901+

YEAR: british universal rights 2 vote

• 9th

• 1918

• 1928 (for women)

ANSWER: 3 reforms made in Britain?

• reform bill of 1832

  • gave industrial areas more representation in government

  • extended rights to vote for all men (/encouraged it)

• education act of 1870

  • allowed schools to require attendance

  • this made education mandatory

• slavery & 1833

  • slavery was abolished in 1833

  • made slavery ILLEGAL & FORBIDDEN !

ANSWER: 2 ways United States expanded territory?

• U.S. won wars against Mexico for: Texas, California, New Mexico

• U.S. bought Alaska from Russia

ANSWER: how did expansion help U.S. expand economically?

• larger areas for agriculture

• expansion of oil/mineral materials

• areas available for railroad construction (helped transporting & trading materials)

• by economic expansion, more immigrants came to work in America. more labour = more economic expansion.