how has suffrage changed since the great reform act 1832

Question 1

who could vote pre-1832?

Answer 1

-only rich male landowners
-less than 4% of the population

Question 2

what did the great reform act of 1832 change?

Answer 2

now 5.6% of the population could vote

Question 3

what did the second reform act do and when was it?

Answer 3

-1867
-allowed working class men in cities to vote if they met a property qualification
-doubled the size of the electorate

Question 4

what did the third reform act do and when was it?

Answer 4

-1884
-all working men who met a property qualification could vote
-still 40% of adult men were excluded

Question 5

when was the 1st representation of the people act and what did it do?

Answer 5

-a product of the social and political changes caused by WW1
-all men over the age of 21 could vote
-women over 30 who met the property qualification could vote

Question 6

when was the 2nd representation of the people act and what did it do?

Answer 6

-women finally received the vote on equal terms to men
-all men and women over 21 could vote
-property qualifications removed

Question 7

when was the latest representation of the people act and what did it do?

Answer 7

-1969
-voting age lowered to 18