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Chapter 23 Vocab
Vocab over chapter 23
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10th Grade
02/02/2010

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Suffrage
Definition
Women's right to vote
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Louis Philippe
Definition
New king appointed by the liberal monarchy after Charles X
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Anti-Semitism
Definition
Prejudice towards the Jewish people in France.
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Queen Victoria
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Became ruler of England in 1837, and began the time known as the Victorian Era. 
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Toissaint L’ Ouverture
Definition
Former slave, led a group of mulattoes and slaves in a bloody revolt against french settlers.
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Miguel Hidalgo
Definition
A priest from Creole, Mexico, was the first to make a public call for independence.
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Jose de san Martin
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A soldier fighting for independence from spain, also fought against Napolean, he returned home to help his home country.
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
The decree that stated that the Americas were off limits to further European colonies.
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Abolition
Definition
The end of slavery
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
The document signed by Lincoln, that gave freedom to the slaves in the south.
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Victorian Era
Definition
The rule of Queen Victoria between 1837 and 1901.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Definition
The founder of the Women's Social and Political Union. (WSPU)
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Louis Napoleon
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The nephew of Napoleon, elected after Louis Philippe abdicted.
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Theodor Herlz
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A Hungarian-born Jewish journalist who covered the trial of the Dreyfus affair.
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Creoles
Definition
People of European descent born in the Latin American colonies.
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Jose Maria Morelos       
Definition
Became the leader of the revolutionary movement after Hidalgo, he organised a mexican congress
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Manifest Destiny
Definition
The belief that settlers had the God-given right to land all the way to the Pacific.
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Pedro I
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Simply declared Brazil independent and was crowned emperor.
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Abraham Lincoln
Definition
President during the Civil War, signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves in the south
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Benjamin Disraeli
Definition
member of conservative party, supporter of the exspansion of the brittish colonies.
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Liberal
Definition
a state of mind where a person has a more progressive view on things.
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Dreyfus Affair
Definition
the conspiracy of the frenchman, Dreyfus, who was supposedly a spy for the germans, and the opening of the countries view of anti-semitism
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Zionism
Definition
the worldwide movement of the jewish people,which led to the establishment of Jerusalem.
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Peninsulares
Definition
Born in the Latin American colonies, but from Spanish descent.
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Simon Bolivar
Definition
South American rebel leader who led an army and defeated the Spanish in 1819.
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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
The bill that America bought from France that granted land to the west of the american colonies.
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Trail of Tears
Definition
the route, which the US government forced native indian tribes to take, and many of the tribes suffered from disease and mistreatment
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Secession
Definition
The seperation of the Union (North) from the confederate states (South)
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