The Age of Democracy & Progress (1815 – 1914)
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(Chapter 26, Pages 744 – 769)
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Main Idea: Democratic Reform and Activism
(Pgs. 747 – 750)
Issue: Pressured by the common people, Britain experiences major democratic reform...
Inquiry: What political reforms expanded democracy for men in Britain?
Details:
- Reform Bill of 1832 allows wealthy middle-class men to vote
- Expansion of suffrage (voting) in 1867 to working-class men
- Expansion of suffrage in 1884 to rural (farming) men
- Secret balloting makes voters feel less pressured
- Members of Parliament receive pay; they don’t have to be wealthy landowners or aristocrats
Inquiry : Why did the woman suffrage movement in Great Britain become more militant?
Details:
- Woman suffrage becomes militant because peaceful protests accomplish nothing
- Read about E. Pankhurst on pg. 749 (primary source)
Main Idea: Self-Rule for British Colonies
(Pgs. 751 – 757)
Issue: Britain allowed self-rule in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, but delayed it in Ireland...
Inquiry: What cultural conflict caused problems for Canada?
Details:
- Conflict between French-speakers (eastern Can.) and English-speakers (central & western Can.)
- Conflict between predominantly-Catholic French and predominantly-Protestant English
Inquiry: How did Australia’s early colonial history differ from other British colonies?
Details:
- Australia was where Britain sent prisoners and undesirables, not colonists or settlers
Inquiry: Why did Britain pass a “Home Rule” bill only for southern Ireland?
Details:
- Britain was concerned about protecting Protestant Christians in the north of Ireland from the Catholic ---------- Christians in the south of Ireland
Main Idea: War and Expansion in the United States
(Pgs. 758 – 761)
Issue: The US expanded across North America, and fought a Civil War...
Inquiry: How did the US gain territory in the 1800s?
Details:
- Louisiana Purchase (from France)
- Florida Cession (from Spain)
- Texas Annexation
- Treaties with Britain (ex: Oregon Territory)
- Mexican Cession
- Gadsden Purchase
Inquiry: Why was slavery such a divisive issue in the US?
Details:
The South’s economy depended on slave labor; many Northerners considered slavery wrong and immoral
Main Idea: 19th Century Progress
(Pgs. 762 – 767)
Issue: Advancements in science and tech transformed everyday life and entertainment...
Inquiry: What was Darwin’s principle of natural selection?
Details:
- The members of a particular species that are best adapted to their environment survive
Inquiry: What prompted the growth of the social sciences?
Details:
- Scientific advances and discoveries motivated academics to study social sciences (ex: sociology & history) in --- an empirical way (by using the scientific method)
Inquiry: What were some of the effects of increased leisure time?
Details:
- More time-off led to the rise of popular (pop) culture by creating demand for mass entertainment activities
Assessment
With a partner, answer each of these 14 questions on a sheet of filler paper:
Questions 1 and 2 from the pie charts inset on pg. 748
Questions 1 and 2 from the map inset on pg. 753
Questions 1, 2, and 3 from the pie chart inset on pg. 754
Questions 1 and 2 from the map inset on pg. 759
Questions 1 and 2 from the map inset on pg. 760
Question 2 from “Edison’s Inventions” on pg. 763
Questions 1 and 2 from the three-column chart inset on pg. 767
(!) This is your “exit slip” today – Get it done (!)
Sources
World History: Patterns of Interaction. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012