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Lesson 8 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Britain's law-making group. | Parliament |
| The house of Parliament that is elected. | House of Commons |
| The house of Parliament that is not elected. | House of Lords |
| A style of government in which the leaders of a country do not have total power and must follow certain rules. | limited government |
| Areas of Britain that lost population but kept representatives in Parliament. | rotten boroughs |
| Word used to describe the right to vote. | suffrage |
| Term used to describe a situation in which all adults have the right to vote. | universal suffrage |
| This was not achieved in Britain until the passage of the Reform Act of 1918 | women's suffrage |
| A tax on imported goods. It is often used to protect domestic manufacturers from foreign competition. | tariff |
| This law eliminated rotten boroughs in Britain and extended suffrage to more men. | Reform Act of 1832 |
| Those who supported passage of the People's Charter were called this. The People's Charter was a petition that sought universal male suffrage, annual elections for Parliament, and other reforms. | Chartists |
| A document that states peoples' support for a particular policy stance or law. | petition |
| For many years, Britain had strict rules called ________ _____________ that kept middle-class and poor people from voting. | property qualifications |
| The leader of Britain is called the _______. (Not king) | prime minister |
| One of two British prime ministers that sought democratic reform during the 1800s. He was leader of the Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli |
| One of two British prime ministers that sought democratic reform during the 1800s. He was leader of the Whig/Liberal Party. | William Gladstone |
| This law almost doubled the size of the electorate by reducing property qualifications for men. | Reform Act of 1867 |
| Without this, employers and/or leaders could know who people voted for and then punish or reward them for their votes. | secret ballot |
| This law further extended voting rights in Britain by reducing property requirements. More than 2 million gained the right to vote. | Reform Act of 1884 |
| This law gave women the right to vote. | Reform Act of 1918 |
| Britain's most famous abolitionist. | William Wilberforce |
| These laws removed tariffs on grain, making food prices go down in Britain. | Corn Laws |
| King of France put into power by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. He was a moderate ruler. | Louis XVIII |
| He became king of France in 1824 after Louis XVIII died. He refused to accept limited power and was overthrown in 1830. | Charles X |
| One of the three factions that fought for power in France. They wanted major reforms in both politics and economics. | radicals |
| Members of this group wanted a limited monarchy and limited economic reforms | moderates |
| These people wanted a return of absolute monarchy in France, similar to that which existed before 1789. | monarchists |
| This revolution was caused by Charles X's attempts to take more power for himself. | Revolution of 1830 |
| The king who came to power after the Revolution of 1830. He ruled until 1848. | Louis Philippe |
| This revolution was sparked by a combination of limited freedom and economic problems. It ultimately failed to establish a more democratic France. | Revolution of 1848 |
| After forcing Louis Philippe out of power, revolutionaries proclaimed this in France | 2nd Republic |
| The name for the outburst of violence in France during the summer of 1848. Revolutionaries clashed with government troops and were defeated after a few days. | June Days |
| This man came to power in France after the 1848 revolution and later proclaimed himself emperor of France. | Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III) |
| This event forced Napoleon III out of power in France. | Franco-Prussian War |
| After Napoleon III was forced out of power, republicans declared France to be this | Third Republic |
| This organization was formed to push for radical economic reforms in France in 1871. | Paris Commune |
| Members of the Paris Commune were called ____________. | Communards |
| The French leader is called the ___________. | premier |
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