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Democratic Reform and Activism. Day 88. Reforms. Before only 5% voted New Middle Class Demanded Vote or Suffrage in Britain (1832 Reform Bill) Fears of French style violence
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Reforms • Before only 5% voted • New Middle Class Demanded Vote or Suffrage in Britain (1832 Reform Bill) • Fears of French style violence • Once middle class received vote working class ( Chartist movement 1838-1867) and rural farm workers ( 1884) demands vote
Women’s lives change • New jobs open opportunities (secretaries, typist, clerks, education, social work and health) • First Birth control clinic opens in Amsterdam in 1882 • Middle class had more leisure time. Working class working by 9 years.
Victorian Age- Politics • Became Queen at 18 and ruled for 64 years (1837-1901) • Although influential eventually gave up power of Monarch
The Proper Gentleman Allows Lady to walk along wall Never speaks to a lady unless spoken to Precedes a lady walking upstairs, and follows walking down Never smokes in a ladies presence The Proper Lady Never walks alone or unchaperoned if unmarried and under 30 Doesn’t go alone to make a social call Never wears pearls or diamonds in the morning Never dances more than 3 times with the same partner Victorian Age Culture • Cumberbun -Wedding Ceremony • Tie
Women Suffrage Movement • Chartist Movement did not include women • The only country to have women suffrage prior to the 20th century was New Zeland • 1848 Seneca Falls (Mott and Stanton) • Peaceful non threating efforts were unsuccessful turned to more militant such as protests, hunger strikes and suicides (Emmeline Pankhurst- Women Social and Political Union)
France 3rd Republic • Aftermath of Franco Prussian War • Napoleon III loses power • 20,000 Parisian workers killed • New Government created
Anti-Semitism • Hostility and discrimination against Jews. Roman and Middle Ages Roots. • Capt. Alfred Dreyfus- Accused of selling secrets to Germany. Sentenced to life. • Anti-Semitism throughout Europe • Russian Pogrom • Zionism - Call for traditional homeland. Emigrant's to America and Palestine.
Review Questions • Before 1832; What was the percentage of people who had the right to vote in England? • Who did the reform bill of 1832 give the vote to? • What group of voters did the Chartist movement exclude? • Which Monarch was forced to accept a less powerful role? • What was Alfred Dreyfus accused of? • The pogroms in Russia were fueled by this ___(a term for the hatred of Jewish people). • What was the only country to allow Women the right to vote before 1900?