Final Exam Terms

Question 1

• landmark in British history
• goal was to clean up the cities
• Significant Reasons
o allowed cities to form boards of health
o allowed the boards of health to borrow money in order to make big improvements like put in sewer systems
o created a National Board of health
o gave the national board of health the power to step into localities if the death rates got too high

Answer 1

Public Health Act of 1848

Question 2

• 1804-1881
• leader of Conservative Party
• wealthy, novelist
• Queen Victoria liked him a lot
• embodied the 5 things the party stood for
o party of empire- wanted the British empire to be big and get bigger
o having tariffs- against free trade
o have the Anglican church run the education system
o keep the government out of social issues
o against any type of organized labor (unions)

Answer 2

Benjamin Disraeli