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1
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Britain was a ______with a parliament and 2 political parties

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Constitutional monarchy

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House of Lords (hereditary nobles and high ranking clergy) could ____bills passed by the House of Commons

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veto

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_______and________could not vote or serve in Parliament

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Catholics, non-Anglican Protestants

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Able to elect a representative to Parliament, few people over wide spread of land (votes based on land not population)

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Rotten boroughs

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By 1830 the_____and the _____were battling over a bill to reform Parliament

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Whigs, Tories

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Whig Party

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Middle class and business interests, led by Gladstone

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Tory Party

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nobles, landowners, agricultural, led by Disraeli

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  • Redistributed the House of Commons (eliminated rotten boroughs)
  • Enlarged the electorate (property requirement for voting though)
  • However, this still did not bring full democracy
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Great Reform Act of 1832

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  • longest reign in British history
  • embodied values
  • British middle class and working class felt confident in the future
  • Emperor of India
  • Agreed with lower class’s push for social reform
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Queen Victoria

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The reform bill didn’t help____or____

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rural, urban workers

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Chartists (protesters) drew up the _______, a petition that demanded universal male suffrage, as well as a secret ballot

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People’s Charter

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How many times was the People’s Charter submitted?

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Twice with 1M signatures

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In 1848, the third attempt was planned with a march and the government feared____so they suppressed the march and the movement declined

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violence

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14
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Even though the government suppressed the movement…

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they passed most of the major reforms

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Benjamin Disraeli

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Leader of the Tories that was now known as the Conservative Party

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William Gladstone

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Leader of the Whigs that was known as the Liberal Party

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17
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Both alternated between….

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Prime Minister

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______pushed through the reform bill of 1867 (gave the right to vote to working class men_

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Disraeli

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_____extended suffrage to farm workers and most other men

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Gladstone

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Britain changed from a constitutional monarchy to a…..

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parliamentary monarchy (executive leaders are chosen and responsible to Parliament as well as members of it)

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Many bills passed by the House of Commons were turned down by the….

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House of Lords

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Because of this, a Liberal government passed measures to restrict power including the power to____

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veto

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23
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_________refused to eat and was force fed

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Lady Constance Lytton

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24
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free trade

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trade between countries without government involvement

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25
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The government taxed_____to protect local economies

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foreign imports

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26
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Created laissez-faire (larger markets and open competition)

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Adam Smith

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27
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Corn Laws

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High tariffs on imported grains (farmers and wealthy landowners supported this)

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28
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Repealed in Parliament after…

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widespread crop fails in Europe, but were placed again in the 1800’s

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29
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Enlightenment thinkers realized the evil of…

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slavery (British ships carried the most slaves to the US)

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First European country to abolish slavery

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Britain (condemned at first until being banned in 1833)

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____crimes were punishable by death

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200+

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Some juries refused to convict criminals until the death penalty was reserved for….

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murder, piracy, treason, and arson

33
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Petty criminals were transported to….

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Australia (penal colonies)

34
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Parliament passed laws to regulate conditions in ______and_______

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factories, mines

  • mines couldn’t employ women and children under 10
  • 10 hour workday
  • Inspectors, minimum wage, maximum hours/wk
35
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Early in the IR_____were outlawed

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labor unions

36
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Made legal but couldn’t______until a year later

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go on strike

37
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Sponsored laws to improve public health and housing for workers in cities

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Disraeli

38
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Pushed to open up government jobs based on merit

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Gladstone

39
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Fabian Society

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pushed for gradual change in society through legal means instead of violence

40
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Marxism gained only_____support among working class because….

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limited

government passed social welfare laws

41
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Didn’t support women’s suffrage

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Queen Victoria

42
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Used violent protesting

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Emmeline Pankhurt

43
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Women were eventually allowed to vote in….

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1918

44
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Britain faced the….

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Irish Question

45
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landlords who owned large estates but didn’t live on them

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absentee landlords

46
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Irish were forced to pay….

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tithes (1/10 annual earnings to support church and clergy)

47
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Ireland faced the…

A

potato famine

48
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Irish Nationalist leader

A

Daniel O’Connor

49
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Catholic Emancipation Act

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Allowed to vote and hold political office

50
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Fenian Brotherhood

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Liberate Ireland through violence

Leader: Charles Stewart Parnell

51
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Home Rule Bill was passed but was delayed by….

A

WW2

52
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Nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon III (government looked like a constitutional monarchy but he was really a dictator)

53
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Issued new ____that extended democratic rights before war with Prussia

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constitution

54
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Organized the building of the Suez Canal in Egypt

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Ferdinand de Lesseps

55
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He also…

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legalized labor unions, extended education to girls, and created a small public health program

56
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His worst failure…

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foreign affairs

57
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Tried to replace Maximilian (Austrian Hapsburg Prince) on the throne of Mexico because he hoped…

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to turn Mexico into a French Satellite(but it failed)

58
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Mexican Patriots resisted and US protested, eventually….

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France withdrew after 4 years and Prince was shot by Patriots

59
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Helped Italian nationalists defeat Austria gaining…

A

Nice and Savoy

60
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Bismarck lured napoleon into…..

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war (he was captured and Paris was under siege for 4 weeks)

61
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2nd empire_____after his capture

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ended

62
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France set up a _____government

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provisional

63
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Harsh peace with Germany

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$ and Alsace and Lorraine

64
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Pars Commune

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wanted to save the republic from Royalists

65
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Communards

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rebels (workers, socialists, burgroius republics)

66
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Civil War erupted after…..

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Nationalist Assembly ordered them to disband and sent troops

67
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3rd Republic had a….

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2 house legislature

  • chamber of deputies (elected)
  • senate
68
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Doubled the number of votes

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Reform bill of 1867

69
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The Reform Act of 1832 gave a greater political voice to

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middle-class men

70
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Why were the Chartists not satisfied with the Reform Act of 1832?

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The bill did not help many rural or urban workers, who could not meet the property requirement

71
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Queen Victoria represented many values, how did these values relate to economic reform?

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They promoted reform because they were widely adopted by people at all levels of society

72
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Which British social classes in the 1800s would benefit the most from the elimination of tariffs?

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  • the working class and the poor, who would gain from lower food prices
  • the middle class, which included the people who carried out the trade
73
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What caused France’s political system and government to be unstable?

A

its coalition government

74
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What was different between how French women tried to get the right to vote compared to how British women tried?

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The French favored legal protests

75
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Seen as a conservative force that opposed progressive policies, the French tried to …

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repress Church involvement in government

76
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What event ended a long period of French domination of Europe?

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defeat by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War

77
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What problem does having coalitions cause in government?

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It is hard for one party to get enough votes to gain power

78
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General George Bovalnger

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Minister of war

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