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Lesson 8 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What type of government was Parliament? | A limited government |
| 2. What reform act made it to where there were no longer rotten boroughs? | The Reform Act of 1832 |
| 3. What is suffrage? | The right to vote |
| 4. Why did farmers not want tariffs to be repealed on corn? | Because if the corn didn't have tariffs then it would cost less and become a general trade which would mean less money for farmers. |
| 5. What reform act limited the power of the House of Lords? | The Parliament Bill of 1911 |
| 6. How many houses are in Parliament? | Two |
| 7. What were the houses in Parliament? | The House of Lords , and The House of Commons |
| 8. Explain how Britain's tradition of limited government helped that country avoid a large-scale violence during the 19th century, | Britain’s tradition of limited government helped that country avoid a large-scale violence by having this violence happen in the 17th century. Britain was on the track to democracy earlier. |
| 9. Who made up the house of Lords? | The aristocrats |
| 10. Were the House of Lords elected? | No |
| 11. Who made up the House of Commons? | The people |
| 12. Were the House of Commons elected? | Yes |
| 13. Four major problems facing British society during the 19th century. | Bad representation in parliament, The House of Lords was too Powerful, Few people could vote, and Britain was harsh |
| 14. Why was bad representation in Parliament a problem? | Bad representation in parliament was a problem because you had new cities with no reps and lots of people and cities with no people but reps. |
| 15. How was this bad representation in Parliament fixed? | The Reform Act of 1832 |
| 16. Why was the house of Lords being to powerful a problem? | The house of lords made all the rules and wasn’t elected which makes it not democratic. |
| 17. How was the House of Lords being to powerful fixed? | The Parliament Bill of 1911 gave the House of Commons power over the House of Lords. |
| 18. Why was few people voting a problem? | Only 4% of England and Ireland could vote. Only 1% of Scotland could vote. These were problems because it let the rich have all the power. |
| 19. How was few people voting fixed? | Parliament gave non-Anglican protestants and Catholics the right to vote. |
| 20. In France, what kind of government did Louis the XVIII have? | A limited government |
| 21. Who took over after Louis the XVIII? | Charles X |
| 22. What did he do to the government? | He made it absolute. |
| 23. What did the citizens do? | Citizens clashed with royal troops for several days. |
| 24. What happened to Charles the X? Who took over after him? | After Charles X ran away Louis Philippe took over as king. |
| 25. What was the time of conflict when Charles X ruled called? | The Revolution of 1830 |
| 26. What happened to Louis Philippe after he became king? | He became a dictator and ignored the needs of his people. |
| 27. What were the 3 factions in France? | Monarchists, Modernists, and Radicals |
| 28. What is a good description of the 1848 Revolution? | Several dozen people were killed and the commons got angry. A new constitution was written and elections were held. White male suffrage was given. Radicals pushed for more and caused more violence. |
| 29. What happened to give France a democratic republic? | Louis Napoleon’s reign came to an end because of his hunger for power and was captured during the Franco-Prussia wars. The third republic was threatened by the Communards. France goes into more violence.The government wins and the republic holds. |
| 30. What are the June Days? | A brief and bloody civil uprising in Paris in the early days of the Second Republic. |