| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The house of ___ was hereditary | lords | 95%
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| the house of ___- was elected | commons | 90%
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| created the modern Conservative Party for Britain | Benjamin Disraeli | 81%
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| led the Liberal Party for Britain | William Gladstone | 76%
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| The Reform Act of 1832 gave a greater political voice to | middle class men | 71%
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| Did charterists have peaceful or violent protests | peaceful | 71%
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| ruled the british empire from 1837-1901 and was a symbol of honesty and had work | queen Victoria | 71%
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| an election district with few or no voters | Rotten Borough | 71%
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| An owner of a large estate who did not live on the property | Absentee Landlord | 67%
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| the four offenses were | Arson | 67%
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| What major step toward democracy did Britain take in 1911, they (increased or decreased) the power of the lords | decreased | 67%
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| the people allowed to vote | Electorate | 67%
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| oldest ruling family | Hapsburg | 67%
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| they control this country and she will never step foot in it | India | 67%
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| the four offenses were | murder | 67%
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| a government led by a prime minister | Parliamentary democracy | 67%
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| the four offenses were | piracy | 67%
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| Among the demands of the Chartists a _____ _____ | secret ballot | 67%
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| the four offenses were | treason | 67%
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| the _____ age was a time of manners, hard work, honesty and reform | Victorian | 67%
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| this old party will join Gladstone and the liberal party | whig | 67%
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| British slave trade end in this year | 1807 | 62%
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| in 1918 women __ or older can vote | 30 | 62%
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| In 1867, the U.S. bought ____ from Russia | Alaska | 62%
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| What Island did the Brits send their convicts to? | Australia | 62%
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| these laws supported by wealthy to keep the british grain prices high | corn | 62%
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| gladstone will extend voting to this group of people | farmers | 62%
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| These laws will end tariffs | free trade | 62%
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| the us bought this purchase from Napoleon and France in 1803, this doubled the size of the us | Louisiana Purchase | 62%
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| term for the place they sent convicts to overseas | penal colony | 62%
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| this type of famine makes many emigrate to the usa | Potato | 62%
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| what president was in office at the time of said purchase | Thomas Jefferson | 62%
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| This old party will join Disraeli in the new conservative party | tory | 62%
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| the Lords had power to ___ the commons | veto | 62%
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| slavery is abolished in this amendment | 13th | 57%
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| the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied by race or color: the __ amendment | 15th | 57%
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| slavery banned in all british colonies in this year | 1833 | 57%
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| people who worked to end slavery | Abolitionists | 57%
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| these offenses can result in death | capital | 57%
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| Many Americans felt it was their right to settle all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans this was called | Manifest destiny | 57%
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| The ____ ___ of ____ helped urban england and exteneded suffrage | reform act of 1832 | 57%
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| all persons born or naturalized in the usa are citizens is this amendment | 14th | 52%
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| Among the demands of the Chartists were universal ___ ____ | male suffrage | 52%
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| Serbia and Greece win independence from this multinational empire | Ottoman | 52%
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| In 1861, southern states ____ from the Union | seceded | 52%
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| This limits russians growth, it is like slavery but not exactly | serfdom | 52%
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| what was the first state to do so | south Carolina | 52%
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| nationalist leader in Ireland | Daniel O'Connell | 48%
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| ireland wanted this which isnt exactly full independence which they get in 1914 | home rule | 48%
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| In 1848, ____ gave up California and much of the Southwest | Mexico | 48%
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| the three pillars of absolutism were _______, autocracy and nationalism | orthodoxy | 48%
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| what nickname was the Ottoman empire known | sick old man of Europe | 48%
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| In the mid-1800s, which ethnic group made up almost half of the Hapsburg empire’s population? They were very upset that they had to voice in anything | Slavics | 48%
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| War with _____ in 1898 gave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam | Spain | 48%
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| The North won the war in ____, its the bloodiest war in American history | 1865, | 43%
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| on Sunday January __ a peaceful march to the palace took place in the streets of ST. Petersburg | 22 | 43%
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| The Czar during the congress of vienna who sided with the conseratives, he also eased censorship, 1801-1825 | Alexander I | 43%
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| this czar freed the surfs in 1861 | Alexander II | 43%
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| This czar was upset over his fathers passing and established a secret police | Alexander III | 43%
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| Who is responsible for the Dual Monarchy in Austria-Hungary | Ferenc Deak | 43%
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| the north relied on industry while the south was ___ | farming | 38%
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| King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria | Francis Joseph | 38%
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| He also reduced the length of military service and allowed trial by ___ | jury | 38%
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| This czar suppressed previous reforms made by Alexander I | Nicholas I | 38%
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| This lady led violent attacks for womens suffrage in Britain | Pankhurst | 38%
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| these were violent attacks on Jews that were legal | pograms | 38%
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| The process of making everything Russian, 1 language and 1 church; Russian orthodox | Russification | 38%
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| the tzar flips out and sends troops, killing 100s, they call this | bloody sunday | 33%
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| Austria-Hungary also takes this place from the ottomans | Bosnia | 33%
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| after the war of ______ in 1921 ireland becomes fully independent | independence | 33%
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| These people assassinate him in march of 1881 | Radicals | 33%
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| Local governments or ____ were elected officals to deal with roads, schools and small self ruling decisions | Zemstvos | 33%
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| A war with this country is considered the turning point when strikes and protests began to start | japan | 29%
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| it was led by a | priest | 29%
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| Russian family name that ruled for many decades | Romanovs | 29%
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| Russia seems to go through _____ and ____ or 1 step forward and 3 steps back (great song btw) | reform and repression | 24%
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| Trans-____ railroad connects east and west under alexander III and nicholas II | siberian | 24%
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