| WHIG | A 19th century political party |
| FABIAN | Member of a 19th-century political association (6) |
| GREENBACKPARTY | Late 19th-century political group |
| NAST | 19th Century political cartoonist Thomas |
| CHARTIST | 19th-century political reformer (8) |
| THEPRINCE | Sixteenth-century political treatise with a chapter called "How Flatterers Should Be Avoided" |
| ISAIAH | Sir - Berlin, twentieth century political historian |
| IRONCURTAIN | *20th-century political symbol |
| ROUSSEAU | Jean-Jacques ___, 18th Century political philosopher (8) |
| TURKS | Young _, early 20th-century political reform movement in the Ottoman Empire (5) |
| PRINCE | The ___ 16th-century political treatise written by Niccolo Machiavelli as an instruction guide for royals |
| CATHERINE | ___ de' Medici, influential 16th-century political figure and mother of three French kings (9) |
| BROUGHAM | A one-horse, four-wheeled carriage named after Henry, a 19th-century Lord Chancellor (8) |
| POLKA | A 19th-century Bohemian dance with three steps and a hop (5) |
| OWENITE | A follower of a 19th century social reformer (1771 - 1858) |
| CHARCOALPIT | In a 19th-century North American forest, a round area about 35 feet wide, used for converting wood into fuel |
| REALISM | Term originally for a 19th century artistic movement in which everyday subjects were depicted in a naturalistic manner (7) |
| GARIBALDIS | Biscuits with a layer of currants, named after a 19th century Italian patriot (10) |
| ELOI | Earth dwellers of the 8,028th century in a 19th-century book |
| EMPIRE | A 19th-century decorative style |
