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Democratic Reform & Activism

Democratic Reform & Activism. Limited Democracy. Early 1800s, vote limited to men with substantial property Women could not vote;. Reform Bill of 1832. 1832 bill gave middle class suffrage New industrial cities more representation. Chartist Movement. Expands suffrage and reform politics

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Democratic Reform & Activism

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  1. Democratic Reform& Activism

  2. Limited Democracy • Early 1800s, vote limited to men with substantial property • Women could not vote;

  3. Reform Bill of 1832 • 1832 bill gave middle class suffrage • New industrial cities more representation

  4. Chartist Movement • Expands suffrage and reform politics • Demands suffrage for all men, secret vote, Parliamentary reforms • Parliament at first rejects, but eventually adopts, Chartist goals.

  5. 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

  6. Organization and Resistance • Many women organize to win the right to vote • Some argue against it as too radical a break from tradition • Others say women did not have ability to engage in politics

  7. Militant Protests • Emmeline Pankhurst forms Women’s Social and Political Union • 1903 WSPU members protest • Women did not win suffrage in Briain and U.S. until after World War I

  8. Third Republic • France changes governments repeatedly after Franco-Prussian War • 3rd Republic—French gov’t formed in 1875 lasts 60 years.

  9. The Dreyfus Affair • Syp controversy over Jewish officer in French army • Anti-Semitism—prejudice against Jews, strong in much of Europe • Government declares Captain Alfred Dreyfus innocent.

  10. Rise of Zionism • Movement for Jewish homeland—grows after Dreyfus affair

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