Modern History: Movement of People, WWI, China, and Civil Rights

Vocabulary practice cards outlining key historical dates, figures, and legislative acts across British migration, WWI, modern China, the US Civil Rights movement, and Australian Aboriginal rights.

Industrial Revolution

18th and 19th century movement towards large scale production.

Slave Trade Act

1807 act about the abolition of slave trade

Slavery Abolition Act

An act passed in 1833 abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire.

Nat Turner's Rebellion

An 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia after which Nat Turner was executed soon after.

First Fleet

A fleet that arrived in Sydney in 1788 marking the beginning of European settlement in Australia.

James Ruse

A farmer at Rose Hill from 1789 to 1791 who became the first emancipated convict to receive a land grant.

Australian Gold Rush

A period during the 1850s that brought Chinese migrants to Australia.

Immigration Restriction Act

An act passed in 1901 establishing the White Australia policy.

Causes of WWI

The long-term causes of World War I: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism.

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The assassination that took place on 28 June 1914, triggering the outbreak of World War I.

4 August 1914

The date Britain and Australia officially entered World War I.

Gallipoli Landing

The Allied military landing that took place on 25 April 1915.

Evacuation from Gallipoli

The withdrawal of Allied troops from Gallipoli in December 1915.

Western Front (WWI)

The theater of war where Australian troops saw action beginning in July 1916.

Australian Conscription Referendums

Two failed national plebiscites on military conscription in Australia, the first failing on 28 October 1916 and the second failing on 20 December 1917.

War Precautions Act

Legislation enacted from 1914 onward that allowed propaganda and censorship at home in Australia.

Armistice (WWI)

The cessation of hostilities on 11 November 1918; approximately 60,000 Aussies died in the war.

Lin Zexu

A Chinese official who destroyed opium stocks in 1839, precipitating the First Opium War.

First Opium War

A conflict fought between China and Britain from 1839 to 1842.

Treaty of Nanjing

An 1842 treaty ending the First Opium War in which Hong Kong was ceded to Britain.

Taiping Rebellion

A massive civil conflict in China lasting from 1850 to 1864 led by Hong Xiuquan.

Second Opium War

A conflict between China and Western powers that took place from 1856 to 1860.

Boxer Rebellion

An anti-foreign and anti-colonial uprising in China occurring from 1899 to 1901.

Boxer Protocol

A treaty signed in 1901 that formally ended the Boxer Rebellion.

Wuchang Uprising

An uprising in October 1911 that initiated the 1911 Revolution in China.

End of the Qing Dynasty

The collapse of China's final imperial dynasty in 1912, leading to a republic established under Sun Yat-sen.

Chinese Communist Party

A political party founded in China in 1921.

Plessy v. Ferguson

An 1896 US Supreme Court case that established the legal doctrine of separate but equal.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

An international human rights document adopted on 10 December 1948.

Barbara Johns

A student leader who led the Moton High School walkout on 23 April 1951.

Brown v. Board of Education

A landmark US Supreme Court decision handed down on 17 May 1954 challenging racial segregation in schools.

Rosa Parks

A civil rights figure arrested on 1 December 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

A civil rights protest against segregated transit that lasted 381 days from 1955 to 1956.

Little Rock Nine

A group of African American students who integrated Central High School in September 1957 after President Eisenhower sent federal troops.

Greensboro Sit-ins

Nonviolent civil rights protests that started on 1 February 1960 at a segregated lunch counter.

Freedom Rides

Civil rights bus journeys launched in May 1961 organized by James Farmer and CORE.

March on Washington

A massive civil rights demonstration held on 28 August 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech.

Civil Rights Act

A landmark federal civil rights law passed in the United States on 2 July 1964.

Assassination of Malcolm X

The assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X on 21 February 1965.

Voting Rights Act

A landmark federal act signed into law on 6 August 1965 protecting voting rights in the US.

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

The assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on 4 April 1968.

Aborigines Protection Act (NSW)

A 1909 New South Wales act that authorized the removal of Indigenous children, leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of Mourning

A protest held by Aboriginal Australians on 26 January 1938.

Bringing Them Home Report

A report published in 1997 documenting the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.

National Apology

The formal apology delivered to Australia's Indigenous peoples on 13 February 2008.