Title: An Age of Democracy
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An Age of Democracy and Progress 18151914
Chapter Overview
Time Line
Democratic Reform and Activism
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SECTION
Self-Rule for British Colonies
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MAP
Expansion and Crisis in the United States
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Nineteenth-Century Progress
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An Age of Democracy and Progress 18151914
Democratic institutions evolve in western Europe
North America Australia and New Zealand
although native people are suppressed.
Industrialization and democracy spur
revolutionary changes in the arts and sciences
transforming peoples daily lives.
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An Age of Democracy and Progress 18151914
Time Line
1845 Ireland struck by famine.
1867 Dominion of Canada formed.
1889 Eiffel Tower completed.
1837 Queen Victoria comes to power.
1859 Darwin publishes theory of evolution.
1876 Bell demonstrates telephone.
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Democratic Reform and Activism
Key Idea
After considerable struggle Great Britain
evolves into a constitutional monarchy while in
France the Third Republic emerges as a
parliamentary democracy. Women in both nations
fail to obtain the right to vote.
Overview
Assessment
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Democratic Reform and Activism
Overview
suffrage Chartist movement Queen Victoria
Third Republic Dreyfus affair
anti-Semitism Zionism
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
Spurred by the demands of ordinary people Great
Britain and France underwent democratic reforms.
During this period Britain and France were
transformed into the democracies they are today.
Assessment
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Democratic Reform and Activism
1. List and evaluate seven significant events
from this section. Next to each event put a
if it expanded democracy a - if it negatively
affected democracy and a 0 if it had a mixed
impact.
Reform Bill of 1832
Chartist movement
Expansion of male suffrage in Britain in 1867
Seneca Falls declaration
0
Paris Commune
-
Third Republic
0
Dreyfus affair
-
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Democratic Reform and Activism
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Assessment
2. Reread the excerpt from the Seneca Falls
Declaration of Sentiments. Why do you think the
members of the Seneca Falls Convention chose to
model their demands on the Declaration of
Independence
ANSWER
To show that their demands for rights were as
legitimate as the colonists demands for rights
from Great Britain To emphasize the injustice
of womens unequal status by comparing the
tyranny of men to that of King George
Possible Responses
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Self-Rule for British Colonies
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Key Idea
The British colonies of Canada Australia and
New Zealand become democratic states within the
British empire. In Ireland the struggle for home
rule fails. Ireland splits into an independent
country and a British province.
Overview
Assessment
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Self-Rule for British Colonies
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Overview
dominion Maori Aborigine penal colony
home rule
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
Britain allowed self-rule in Canada Australia
and New Zealand but delayed independence for
Ireland.
Canada Australia and New Zealand are strong
democracies today while Ireland is divided and
troubled.
Assessment
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Self-Rule for British Colonies
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1. Compare progress toward self-rule by recording
significant political events in Canada
Australia New Zealand and Ireland during the
period.
Given responsibility for own affairs mid-1800s
dominion status 1867
Self-governing set up legislature 1850s male
suffrage secret ballot 1850s dominion early
1900s
Self-governing set up legislature 1850s women
gain suffrage1893 dominion early 1900s
Joins the United Kingdom gains representation in
Parliament 1801 home rule bill passes but does
not take effect 1914 southern Ireland becomes
dominion 1921 becomes independent 1949
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Self-Rule for British Colonies
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Assessment
2. How was Great Britains policy towards Canada
beginning in the late 1700s similar to its policy
towards Ireland in the 1900s THINK ABOUT
the creation of Upper and Lower Canada
the division of Ireland into Northern Ireland
and the Irish Free State
ANSWER
In both Britain created political divisions to
resolve conflicts.
Possible Response
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Self-Rule for British Colonies
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Assessment
3. At various times England encouraged
emigration to each of the colonies covered in
this section. What effects did this policy have
on these areas THINK ABOUT
cultural divisions in Canada
native peoples in Canada Australia and New
Zealand
political divisions in Ireland
ANSWER
In Canada Australia and New Zealand the
British displaced the native populations (in
Canada conflicts with French caused creation of
Upper and Lower Canada). Religious
differences became political division between
northern and southern Ireland.
Possible Responses
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Expansion and Crisis in the United States
Key Idea
The United States expands to the Pacific Ocean.
The Civil War ends slavery preserves the Union
and speeds the industrial development of the
North. After the war the country experiences an
unprecedented economic boom.
Overview
Assessment
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Expansion and Crisis in the United States
Overview
manifest destiny Abraham Lincoln secede
U.S. Civil War Emancipation Proclamation
segregation
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
The United States expanded across North America
and fought a bloody civil war.
The 20th-century movements to ensure civil rights
for African Americans and Hispanics are a legacy
of this period.
Assessment
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Expansion and Crisis in the United States
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Assessment
1. Look at the graphic to help organize your
thoughts. List the major events in the United
States in the 19th century.
1853 Gadsden Purchase
1838 Trail of Tears
1819 Florida Cession
1846-47 Mexican-American War
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1865-77 Reconstruction
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1836 Texas independence
1848 Mexican Cession
1845 Texas Annexation
1869 Transcontinental railroad completed
1861-65 Civil War
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Expansion and Crisis in the United States
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Assessment
2. Reread the quotation from William Shorey
Coodey. What facts are conveyed in his statement
What opinionsjudgment beliefs or feelingsdoes
he express about the Trail of Tears How does he
use his description of events to help justify his
opinions
ANSWER
Facts elements of weather people present
eviction taking place Opinions description of
thunder as divine indignation at the wrong
done to my poor and unhappy countrymen and at
the brutal power of the whites
Possible Responses
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Expansion and Crisis in the United States
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Assessment
3. Imagine that circumstances had forced the
North to surrender to the South in the Civil War.
Therefore two countries shared the region now
occupied by the United States. What economic
effects might this have had on the North the
South the region as a whole THINK ABOUT
the issue of slavery
the impact of the Civil War
postwar economic expansion of the United
States
ANSWER
If the North had surrendered it probably
wouldnt have developed as much industrially
slowing settlement of the West. The South would
have remained agricultural and the economy of
the country as a whole probably would not have
grown as fast.
Possible Responses
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Nineteenth-Century Progress
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Key Idea
Key inventions new theories in physics and
biology and medical advances transform daily
life for many people. New technologies and
growing democratic institutions create a mass
culture in the United States.
Overview
Assessment
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Overview
assembly line mass culture Charles Darwin
theory of evolution radioactivity
psychology
WHY IT MATTERS NOW
Breakthroughs in science and technology
transformed daily life and entertainment.
Electric lights telephones cars and many other
conveniences of modern life were invented during
this period.
Assessment
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Assessment
1. List the inventors scientists and thinkers
covered in this section and connect them with
the invention discovery or new idea for which
they were responsible.
Gregor Mendel genetics
Joseph Lister antiseptic
Thomas Edison light bulb
Edwin S. Porterfeature film
Charles Darwin theory of evolution
Henry Ford assembly line
Ernest Rutherford subatomic particles
Alexander Graham Bell telephone
Marie and Pierre Curie radium polonium
Wilbur and Orville Wright airplane
Ivan Pavlov conditioned response
Guglielmo Marconi radio
John Dalton atomic theory
Sigmund Freud psychoanalysis
Dmitri Mendeleev periodic table
Louis Pasteur germ theory
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Assessment
2. How is the mass culture that rose at the end
of the 19th century similar to mass culture
today How is it different Explain your
response. THINK ABOUT
the role of technology
increase in leisure time
new forms of entertainment
ANSWER
Similarities New technology and leisure still
shape mass culture forms of mass entertainment
such as movies still are popular. Differences
Newer technology such as the Internet has
transformed how people share culture mass
culture has become big business and is more
global.
Possible Responses
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