Ch 3 Vocab - Nationalism and the Spread of Democracy

Rotten boroughs

rural town in England that sent members to Parliament despite having few or no voters

electorate

All of the people entitled to vote in a given election

Queen Victoria

Leader of Britain when democratic changes were occurring

William Gladstone

A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance

Parliamentary Democracy

Form of government in which people vote for the legislative body, which in turn selects the prime minister.

free trade

international trade free of government interference

Repealed

to take back, or to cancel, a law

abolish

cancel; put an end to

Absentee landlords

one who owns a large estate but does not live there

liberal

open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.

conservative

A person who believes government power, particularly in the economy, should be limited in order to maximize individual freedom.

Ideologies

sets of beliefs about politics and society that help people make sense of their world

Louis Philippe

"Citizen King" of France who favored measures that benefited the middle class.

Recession

period of reduced economic activity

Emperor Napoleon III

He was a nephew of Napoleon who became the ruler of France, first as the President of the Second Republic and later as Emperor.

Louis Kossuth

Hungarian (Magyar) leader, demanded independence

Expansionism

A policy that calls for expanding a nation's boundaries.

Manifest Destiny

A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

Louisianna Purchase (1803)

when America was pushing west, Spain gave Louisianna back to France, but since Napoleon wanted to take over Europe, he needed funding and sold all of the Louisianna territory including New Orleans to the US ( President Jefferson) for 11.25 million in 1803

Secede

withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.