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Chapter23 Definition
Key Terms And People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Queen Victoria | Queen of Great Britian and Ireland from 1849-1901 and empress of India from 1876-1901; she had the longest reign in all of British history and she allowed Parliament to become more involved in running the government. |
| Victorian Era | The era spanning the reign of Queen Victoria of England. |
| Benjamin Disraeli | British statesman;as prime minister;he oversaw the passage of key reforms, including an extension of male suffrage. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Emmeline Pankhurst | British woman suffrageist;she founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903. In support of women's suffrage, she led hunger strikes and was arrested often for her actions. |
| Louis Philippe | King of France from 1830-1848;he came to power after the July Revolution and he was known as the "Citizen King" for showing an intrest in the working class and having much in common with the middle class. |
| Louis Napoleon | Emperor of France from 1852-1870;after winning the presidential elcetion in 1848, he staged a coup d'etat and took absolute power. A nephew of Napoleon I, he ruled during a time of economic prosperity in France. |
| Dreyfus Affair | A political scandal that divided France in the 1890's, involving the wrongful conviction of Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus for treason. |
| Anti-Semitism | Hostily or prejudice towards Jews. |
| Theodor Herzl | Hungarian Zionist leader;in 1896 wrote "The Jewish State", which outlined plans for an independent Jewish country. |
| Zionism | Nationalist movement, begun iin the 1890's, to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | Hatian patriot and matyr;he took control of Hispaniola for the French and was a hero of the people. Napoleon felt threatened by his growing popularity and had him captured and killed in 1803. |
| Creoles | People of Spanish or Portuguese descent born in Americas. |
| Peninsulares | Colonist in Latin American who were born on the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain or Portugal. |
| Miguel Hidalgo | Mexican priest and revolutionary;he made the first public call for Mexican independence. In 1810 he rang a bell in his hometown calling peasents to fight for their independence from Spain. He was captured and excuted. |
| Jose Maria Morelos | Creole priest; he became the leader of the revolutionary movement in Mexico after Miguel Hidalgo's death. |
| Simon Bolivar | South American revolutionary who led independence wars in the nations present of Venezuela,Colombia, Panama, Ecuador,Peru, and Bolivia. |
| Jose de San Martin | |
| Pedro I | |
| Louisiana Purchase | |
| Monroe Doctrine | |
| Manifest Destiny | |
| Trail of Tears | |
| Abolition | |
| Abraham Lincoln | |
| Secession | |
| Emanicipation Proclamation |