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The document summarizes democratic reforms that occurred in Britain and other places in the 19th century. It discusses Britain expanding suffrage to more middle class men with the 1832 Reform Bill and giving more representation to growing industrial cities. It also discusses the Chartist movement pushing for more voting rights. Finally, it briefly touches on reforms in France after the Franco-Prussian war and the establishment of the Third Republic, as well as movements for independence in British colonies.
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The document summarizes democratic reforms that occurred in Britain and other places in the 19th century. It discusses Britain expanding suffrage to more middle class men with the 1832 Reform Bill and giving more representation to growing industrial cities. It also discusses the Chartist movement pushing for more voting rights. Finally, it briefly touches on reforms in France after the Franco-Prussian war and the establishment of the Third Republic, as well as movements for independence in British colonies.
The document summarizes democratic reforms that occurred in Britain and other places in the 19th century. It discusses Britain expanding suffrage to more middle class men with the 1832 Reform Bill and giving more representation to growing industrial cities. It also discusses the Chartist movement pushing for more voting rights. Finally, it briefly touches on reforms in France after the Franco-Prussian war and the establishment of the Third Republic, as well as movements for independence in British colonies.
Monarchy, Suffrage, Parliament, Zionism • Housekeeping. • CW – Notes Democratic Reforms • CW 2 – Democracy Chart • TOTD – Answer EQ in detail • HW –Finish Chart, do CH 26 recap • Quote of The Day - All wealth is the product of labor. - John Locke Housekeeping • DO NOT ASK ABOUT MARKING PERIOD GRADES. THEY WILL BE SHARED WEDNESDAY • New Tardy Policy • Presentations – Feedback given Wednesday, students present FRIDAY EQ: What were some of the Democratic Reforms of the 19th Century? Britain Expands Democracy Traditional Government • Const. monarchy since -1662 A Severely Limited Democracy • In the early 1800s, vote limited to men with substantial property • Women could not vote at all; upper classes (5%) run the government Democratic Progress • The Enlightenment, industrialization, and political revolutions encouraged political reform in Great Britain • The increase in education during industrialization forced a change in gov’t. • Working class, women, & colonists all wanted a voice in gov’t • British land owners feared rebellion so they decided to share the power Britain Enacts Reforms The Reform Bill of 1832 • 1832 bill gives middle class suffrage— the right to vote • gave urban areas representation in Parliament Also gives thriving new industrial cities more representation Reforms Chartist Movement • Chartist movement—expands suffrage and reform politics • Suffrage for all men, secret vote, • Parliamentary reforms – no land requirement – salaries for Members of Parliament • Parliament at first rejects, but eventually adopts, Chartist goals The Victorian Age
• Queen Victoria—rules for 64 years at
height of British power • Loses power to Parliament, especially House of Commons • Government run almost completely by prime minister, cabinet France • The Third Republic • emerges after the Franco-Prussian War • France changes governments repeatedly after Franco-Prussian War • Formed in 1875, lasts 60 years The Dreyfus Affair • Dreyfus affair—spy controversy over Jewish officer in French army • Anti-Semitism—prejudice against Jews, strong in much of Europe • Government eventually declares Captain Alfred Dreyfus innocent • The Rise of Zionism—movement for Jewish homeland—grows after Dreyfus affair EQ: What were some of the Democratic Reforms of the 19th Century? Britain Expands Democracy British Colonies • Canada, New Zealand, & Australia all were made dominions (given home rule) because culturally they were very similar to the British • Ireland, South Africa, & India also had movements for home rule but the British refused to give them independence, ETHNOCENTRISM/RACISM