An Age of Democracy and Progress
1815-1914
Kirby
World History
CHS
We will be using Cornell Note Taking
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Unit Learning Objectives:
North Clackamas School District Social Studies Priority
Standards:
 HK 2. Analyze the complexity and investigate causes and
effects of significant events in World History.
Section 1:
Reform in the British Empire
 Review of the British Government
 Constitutional Monarchy
 King or Queen, head of state (official leader)
 Parliament had the real power
 Voting rights
 Men: only those who owned a substantial amount of land
could vote
 Women: no vote
 In total, barely 5% of the people could vote for parliament.
Section 1:
Reform in the British Empire
 Queen Victoria
 Born in 1819
 Becomes Queen in 1837, at the age of
18
 Married Prince Albert of Germany in
1840, they had nine children.
 The Royal couple presented a picture
of loving family life that became the
British ideal.
 Queen Victoria was very popular, and
reigned until 1901, and her rule is
known as “The Victorian Era.”
Section 1:
Reform in the British Empire
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Reform Bill of 1832
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Lessened property requirements, allowing the upper
middle class to vote. Increased population that
voted to 7%
Chartist Movement
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The People’s Charter of 1838. Wanted new reforms
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Voting for all men
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Annual parliamentary elections
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Secret Ballot
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No property requirements for Members of Parliament
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Salaries for Members of Parliament
Parliament rejects request, BUT…
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In 1867 and 1884, laws are passed that expands the
vote to a majority of men
Section 1:
Reform in the British Empire
 Women’s Rights Movement
 Early protests were peaceful
 Resistance argued that women lacked the ability to take
part in politics
 Emmeline Pankhurst: Women’s Social & Political
Union
 Goal was to draw attention to women’s suffrage
 Pankhurst and her daughters protested, and would be
arrested several times.
 The Right to Vote would be given after World War I in
both Britain and America
Section 1:
Democracy in France
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The Third Republic
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Unstable, between 1871-1914, there was a change in power nearly every
year
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New constitution approved in 1875
The Dreyfus Affair
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Groups in France wanted either a monarchy or military rule
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Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a rare Jewish officer in the military, was
accused of selling secrets to Germany, sentenced to life in prison based
on false evidence
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Became an issue between justice and honor for the army
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Highlight the issue of anti-Semitism, or prejudice against Jews
Zionism
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Movement to create a separate Jewish homeland in Palestine (modern
day Israel)
PARTNER PRACTICE TIME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Skim pages 278-283 in your World History book with a partner.
Define the key terms and names in section #1 on page 283
Answer questions 2-4 on page 283
Please turn directly into me so that
I can check your understanding for today’s lesson.
Two heads are better than one!
Kirby
World History
CHS
An Age of Democracy and Progress
1815-1914
Kirby
World History
CHS
We will be using Cornell Note Taking
Format Today!
Don’t be a victim…..
Own the day!
Relax and enjoy the ride
in History Class!
Unit Learning Objectives:
North Clackamas School District Social Studies Priority
Standards:
 HK 2. Analyze the complexity and investigate causes and
effects of significant events in World History.
Section 2:
Self-Rule for Canada
 Upper and Lower Canada
 Upper Canada (modern Ontario): English speaking
majority
 Lower Canada (modern Quebec): French speaking
majority
 The Durham Report, 1839
 Reunite Upper and Lower Canada
 Give home rule for domestic matters
Section 2:
Self-Rule for Canada
 By the mid 1800s, many Canadians felt that they needed a
central government to better unify the country against the
United States
 In 1867, Nova Soctia and New Brunswick were joined with
the Province of Canada to create the new Dominion of
Canada.
 The Dominion would have self-rule in all domestic matters,
with its own Parliament and Prime Minister
 By 1871, the Dominion stretched from Atlantic to Pacific
Section 2:
Self-Rule for Australia and New Zealand
 Australia
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Native Population: Aborigines
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Oldest ongoing culture in the world
Britain Claimed part of Australia in 1770
British used Australia as a Penal Colony (Prison Colony) starting
in 1788
Free Settlers join Australia in the 1800s, especially after a gold
rush in 1851
 New Zealand
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Natives: Maori
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Polynesian people
Claimed by Britain in 1769
First settlers were Christian missionaries
Section 2:
Self-Rule for Australia and New Zealand
 Colonies in New Zealand and Australia became selfgoverning in 1850s
 Australian colonies unified as the Commonwealth of
Australia in 1901
 New Zealand became a Dominion in 1907
Section 2:
The Irish Struggle for Home Rule
 The English began taking over Ireland in the 1100s
 During the 1500s and 1600s, English government limited
the rights of Catholics.
 Ireland formally joined to Britain in 1801
 Catholic emancipation in 1829
 Great Famine
 Between 1845-1848, Ireland’s potato crop ruined by plant
fungus. 1 million people died during those years
 Another 1.5 million emigrated to the United States, Canada,
and Australia
Section 2:
The Irish Struggle for Home Rule
 British Resistance to Irish Home Rule
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Feared that Irish Protestants would be mistreated as a minority
in a Catholic majority country
Most protestants lived in the north, in Ulster.
 Home Rule bill approved in 1914, but put on hold by World War I
 Easter Rising: 1916
 Irish Republican Army (IRA)
 Home Rule granted in 1921
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Ulster, also known as Northern Ireland, remained under British
rule
 Full independence declared in 1949
PARTNER PRACTICE TIME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Skim pages 284-288 in your World History book with a partner.
Define the key terms and names in section #1 on page 288
Answer questions 2-4 on page 288
Please turn directly into me so that
I can check your understanding for today’s lesson.
Two heads are better than one!
Kirby
World History
CHS
An Age of Democracy and Progress
1815-1914
Kirby
World History
CHS
We will be using Cornell Note Taking
Format Today!
Don’t be a victim…..
Own the day!
Relax and enjoy the ride
in History Class!
Unit Learning Objectives:
North Clackamas School District Social Studies Priority
Standards:
 HK 2. Analyze the complexity and investigate causes and
effects of significant events in World History.
Section 3:
America Expands West
 Manifest Destiny: the idea that the United States had the
right to rule North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific
 Used to justify removing Native Americans from their tribal
Lands
 Trail of Tears, 1830s
 American Expansion Westward:
 1803: Louisiana Purchase
 1819: Spain gives up Florida
 1846: Treaty with Britain gives America part of the Oregon
Territory
Section 3:
America Expands West
 Texas Revolution and War with Mexico
 Texan settlers declare independence from Mexican rule in
1836
 In a treaty, Texas is annexed as a state into the United States
in 1845
 Mexico still claims Texas, and declares war in 1846.
 Mexico is defeated in 1848, and gives up much of it’s
northern territory, including present day California, Nevada,
Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico
 1853 Gadsden Purchase (part of present day Southern
Arizona and New Mexico) brought the continental United
States to it’s modern day boundaries.
Section 3:
The American Civil War
 Differences between North and South
 The North had a diverse economy, with both farms and a
growing number of factories, and used free workers for labor
 The South relied on a plantation economy, mainly relying on
one type of crop (cotton), and used slaves for labor.
 Slavery Issue
 Most Southerners believed slavery was necessary for their
economy
 A growing number of Northerners believed slavery was
morally wrong, and slavery was outlawed in the North.
 Fought over the expansion of slavery to the western states.
Section 3:
The American Civil War
 War Breaks out between the States
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Election of 1860: Abraham Lincoln
Secession: Southern states voting to withdraw, or leave, the
Union. First state to secede is South Carolina in December of
1860
War Starts on April 12, 1861
Southern advantages: better military leadership, better
knowledge of the terrain (war primarily fought in the south)
Northern advantages: larger population, better transportation,
greater resources, more factories
South surrenders in 1865
 Abolition of Slavery
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Emancipation Proclamation – 1863
13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
Section 3:
America after the Civil War
 Immigration
 During the 1870s, nearly 2,000 immigrants arrived each day
 By 1914, 20 million people had immigrated to the U.S. since
the Civil War
 Allowed for increased industrialization, and westward
settlement
 Railroads
 First transcontinental railroad completed in 1869
 By 1900, there were 200,000 miles of track crossing the
country
 By 1914, America was a leading industrial power
PARTNER PRACTICE TIME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Skim pages 289-282 in your World History book with a partner.
Define the key terms and names in section #1 on page 292
Answer questions 2-4 on page 292
Please turn directly into me so that
I can check your understanding for today’s lesson.
Two heads are better than one!
Kirby
World History
CHS
An Age of Democracy and Progress
1815-1914
Kirby
World History
CHS
We will be using Cornell Note Taking
Format Today!
Don’t be a victim…..
Own the day!
Relax and enjoy the ride
in History Class!
Unit Learning Objectives:
North Clackamas School District Social Studies Priority
Standards:
 HK 2. Analyze the complexity and investigate causes and
effects of significant events in World History.
Section 4:
Inventions, Medicine and Science
 New Inventions
 New types of Energy: Electricity and Internal
Combustion
 Thomas Edison: 1,000 inventions, including light bulb,
the phonograph, “moving pictures.”
 Alexander Graham Bell: Telephone
 Guglielmo Marconi: Radio
 Henry Ford: Model-T and the assembly line
 The Wright Brothers: First Flight of an Airplane
Section 4:
Inventions, Medicine and Science
 New Discoveries in Medicine
 The Germ Theory of Disease
 Louis Pasteur: discovers bacteria, creates method called
“pasteurization” (heating things up to kill bacteria)
 Joseph Lister: 1865, clean surgery room and use of
antiseptics (germ killing liquids)
 Public cleanliness & health
Section 4:
Inventions, Medicine and Science
 New Discoveries in Science
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Charles Darwin: Theory of Evolution
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Gregor Mendel: Genetics
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On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection
Inherited traits in plants
John Dalton: Atom Theory
Dmitri Mendeleev: Periodic Table
Marie & Pierre Curie
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Radioactivity
 Psychology
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Ivan Pavlov: human actions could be changed by training
Sigmund Freud: suppressed memories, desires and impulses
shape behavior
Section 4:
The Rise of Mass Culture
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What creates Mass Culture?
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Better public education
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Improvement in communications
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Invention of phonograph and records
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Shorter workday (10 hours) and shorter workweek (5 ½ days)
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Music Halls and Vaudeville Shows
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Movies
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Sports
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US: Football and Baseball
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Europe: Soccer
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British Empire: Cricket
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Olympics, 1896
PARTNER PRACTICE TIME
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Skim pages 293-299 in your World History book with a partner.
Define the key terms and names in section #1 on page 299
Answer questions 2-4 on page 299
Please turn directly into me so that
I can check your understanding for today’s lesson.
Two heads are better than one!
Kirby
World History
CHS