| A | B |
|---|
| rotten buroughs | rural town in England that sent members to Parliament despite having few or no voters |
| Benjamin Disraeli | leader of the Conservative party |
| William Gladstone | leader of the Liberal party |
| Victoria | queen who reigned in Britian from 1837 to 1901 |
| home rule | local self-government |
| Fabian Society | socialist organization founded in 1883 that promoted gradual change through legal means rather than by violence |
| Emmeline Pankhurst | leader in the women's suffrage movement |
| Daniel O'Donnell | Irish nationalist nicknamed "the Liberator"; organized the Irish Catholic League |
| "Great Hunger" | famine in Ireland |
| Catholic Emancipation Act | allowed Irish Catholics to vote and hold political office |
