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| British Parliament | Consisted of a House of Lords, where seats were inherited, and the House of Commons, where members were elected |
| Who could vote in Britain in the early 1800s? | Only about 6% of the population; Voting was limited to men who owned a substantial amount of land |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Reform Bill of 1832 | Britain passed to ease the property restrictions so that well-to-do men in the middle class could vote |
| The Chartist Movement | A popular movement in Britain around 1838 to give the right to vote to other groups of people |
| People's Charter of 1838 | Called for suffrage for all men and annual Parliamentary elections; it also called for secret ballots and pay for members of Parliament |
| Queen Victoria | Came to the throne in 1837 and ruled for 64 years over the British empire during its height of wealth and power |
| How many industrial countries allowed women the right to vote in 1890? | Zero |
| Seneca Falls, New York | Site of a convention on women's rights in 1848 |
| WSPU | Women's Socail and Political Union; militant organization in Britain which heckled speakers and cut telegraph wires: members were often arrested and jailed |
| Paris Commune | A radical government that took control of Paris in 1871; overthrown by army |
| Third Republic | New republic set up in France in 1875; lasted 60 years |
| Dreyfus Affair | Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish official in the French army was falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany and imprisoned |
| anti-Semitism | prejudice against Jews |
| pogroms | Organized campaigns of violence against Jewish communities |
| Zionism | The quest for a separate homeland for the Jews |
