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Ch 26
An Age of Democracy and Progress
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History
12th Grade
01/21/2014

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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote
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Chartist Movement
Definition
In 19th century Britian, members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections, including suffrage for all men
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Third Republic
Definition
The republic that was established in France after the downfall of Napoleon III and ended with the German occupation of France during World War II
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Dreyfus Affair
Definition
A controversy in France in the 1890s, centering on the trial and imprisonment of a Jewish army officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
Prejudice against Jews
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Zionism
Definition
Jewish work for a homeland in Palestine due to a long history of exile and persecution
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Dominion
Definition
Self-governing in domestic affairs, but remained part of the British Empire - like Canada for example
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Maori
Definition
A Polynesian  people who had settled in New Zealand around 800 A.D.; culture based upon hunting, fishing and farming
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Aborigine
Definition
Native people of Australia
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Penal Colony
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A place where convicts were sent to serve their sentences; used to prevent overcrowding of European  prisons
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Home Rule
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Local control over internal affairs
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Irish Republican Army
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An unofficial military force seeking independence for Ireland, staged a series of attacks against British officials inIreland
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