PCC HI 102 Test 2
how many people died during the potato famine in ireland
1 million
when did the dutch arrive in south africa
1652
Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin
1793
reform bill grants suffrage to all middle class males
1832
cyrus mcCormack patents the mechanical reaper
1834
what were the years of the victorian age
1837-1901
charles darwin publishes on the the origin of species
1859
british north america act makes canada a self-governing commonwealth
1867
suez canal completed
1869
fabian society formed
1884
years for the boer war
1899-1902
missionary to japan, invented the rickshaw
Goble
formed the china inland mission
J hudson taylor
abolished child labor in the mines (england)
Lord ashley, earl of shaftesbury
officially joined england and ireland, (politcally)
act of union
wrote wealth of nations
adam smith
descendants of dutch settlers
afrikaners
invented the telephone
alexander graham bell
missionary to india, rescued indian temple girls
amy carmichael
"champion for the people" british conservative who became liberal
benjamin disraeli
invented a process to turn iron into steel independently of each other (2 men)
bessemer and kelly
british invasion of transvall
boer war
dutch farmers in south africa
boers
founded the salvation army
booth
made canada a self governing nation
british north america act
catholics freed from restrictions allowed them to vote and hold government office
catholic emancipation act
imperialist, empire builder, prime minister of the cape colony (loyal to england)
cecil rhodes
promoted the use of the turnipand a 4 field crop rotation (wheat oats clover turnips)
charles townshend
working class activists who supported the peoples charter (england)
chartists
laid the first successful transatlantic cable
cyrus field
invented the mechanical reaper
cyrus mcormick
british doctor turned missionary to the interior of africa, first european man to see victoria falls
david livingstone
hight quality goods in a low quantity
domestic system
defeated napoleon, called the iron duke, prime minister under willaim IV
duke of wellington
invented the power loom
edmund cartwright
established the modern sanitation system
edwin chadwick
englands house of commons was made up of who
elected nobles
invented the cotton gin
eli whitney
protect the rights to private property (abolished the common pasture system in england)
enclosure acts
socialists of the 19th century, practiced evolutionary socialism
fabian society
law passed to abolish child labor in the factories
factory act
low quality goods but in a high quantity
factory system
singlehandedly created the modern nursing profession
florence nightingale
boers leaving their original land after the british take over
great trek
missionary to newfoundland and labrador
grenfel
made the automobile affordable
henry ford
invented the miners safety lamp
humphrey davey
moodys song leader
ira sankey
invented the spinning jenny (which made spinning thread faster)
james hargreaves
invented first practical steam engine
james watt
invented the seed drill
jethro tull
invented the steel tipped plow
john deere
invented the flying shuttle (which made sewing faster)
john kay
built the crystal palace for the great exhibition
joseph paxton
invented the first automobile
karl benz
freed slave missionaries in liberia and sierra leone
lott carey and colin teague
general of the transvaal army during the boer war
louis botha
what did the railroads do
made us keep time
son of irish-italian immigrants invented the wireless telegraph
marconi
worked in callibar africa, called the queen of callibar, saved twins from being killed
mary slesor
famous for his devotional writings
meyer
further questioning of God
modernism
known for his work in england (from america)
moody
reasons for population growth during the industrial revolution
more food less disease fewer wars
established orphanages in england
muller
englands house of lords was made up of who
nobles
president of the transval during the boer war
paul kruger
queen victorias german husband
prince albert
queen victorias father
prince edward, duke of kent
what did a british man need in order to vote and hold office
property
widened the vote to include middle class males (england)
reform bill of 1832
father of the factory system (introduced water powered spinning frame)
richard arkwright
pioneer of the first steam powered locomotive
richard trevithick
missionaries to south africa
robert and mary moffat
invented the first practical steamship
robert fulton
founded the london police force
robert peel
invented the diesel engine
rudolph diesel
invented the spinning mule (spinning jenny + water powered spinning frame)
samuel crompton
invented the electric telegraph
samuel morse
hindus/muslims rebelled against the british fearing religious freedom
sepoy rebellion
prince of preachers
spurgeon
former cricket player who became a missionary to china, india, and belgian congo
studd
inscentive inventiveness willingness to work
the wealth of nations
invented the first steam engine
thomas newcomen
five points of chartism
universal male suffrage equal sized electroal districts voting by secret ballot no property qualification annual elections of parliament
early english socialists "the greatest happiness for the greatest number"
utilitarians
missionary to india, helped stop the practice of suttee
william carey
british liberal who was originally conservative "grand old man"
william gladstone
british prime minister that worked for reform
william pitt the younger
