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Ch. 23 vocab
ch. 23 vocab
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10th Grade
02/10/2010

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Chartism
Definition
Worked for universal manhood suffrage
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Queen Victoria
Definition
ruler of great britain which is the longest in history (victorian era)
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Disraeli
Definition
-conservative party
-new reform bill that extended voting rights to more working men
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Definition
-womens suffrage
-founder of WSPU
-destructive tactics that led to jailing of many
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Dreyfus Affair
Definition
Dreyfus accused of giving military secrets to germans, found gulity, and then found not guilty in the end.
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
predjudice against jews
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Toussaint L'ouverture
Definition
-Hispanola hero
-led bloody revolt against settlers.
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Creoles
Definition
-people of european decent born in colonies
-highest social class
-excluded from highest levels of gov. anf church
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Peninsulares
Definition
-colonists born in spain
-highest social class
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Miguel Hidalgo
Definition
-creole priest
-made first public call for mexican independance
-helped plan rebellion against peninsulares
-captured and execcuted after after speech he made
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Morelos
Definition
-leader of revolutionary movement
-organized mexican congress
-wanted all people born in mexico to be called americans
-wanted mexico to be an independant republic with guaranteed freedoms
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Simon Bolivar
Definition
influential leader in South American independance movement AKA the Liberator
-wanted to form one large, united country called Federation of the Andes
-led military campaigns against spanish and defeated them in 1821
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Jose de san martin
Definition
-fought for independance from spain in the south; led the movement in Argentina and most of southern south america
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Pedro I
Definition
-son of king john VI
-1822, he declared brazil independant
-crowned emperor Pedro I
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
westward expansion of U.S. (all the way to the pacific ocean)
-some americans believed that had God-given right to settle land
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Trail of tears
Definition
the march to indian territory
-many died because it was so dangerous
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Abolition
Definition
end of slavery
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Secession
Definition
after lincoln electedsouthern states seceded themselves from union because they didnt want slavery abolished
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Victorian Era
Definition
The time during Queen Victorias reign. A time of great change in Britain in voting reforms which made it more democratic.
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote
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Louis Philippe
Definition
aristocrat who was popular with the middle-class. Presented himself as one of them instead of nobility. "citizen king"
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Louis Napoleon
Definition
president during the second republic in which the revolution of 1848 took place and brought about great changes in voting rights
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Zionism
Definition
jewish nationalist movement to re-create a jewish state in it's original homeland
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Theodor Herzl
Definition
jewish journalist who covered the dreyfus trial. supported the idea of zionism
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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
agreement with france that gave U.S. huge territory in central north america
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
President James MOnroes declare that the americas off limits to further european colonization
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Abraham Lincoln
Definition
President who tried to stop slavery which caused states to succeed themselves. Which caused a civil war
Term
Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
declared all slaves free in some areas of the confederate states
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