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| 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 |
| Words 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 charter was a petition that sought universal male suffrage, annual elections for Parliament, and other reforms. | Chartist |
| A document that states peoples' support for a particular policy stance or law. | Petition |
| For many years, Britain had strict rules called _________________ that kept 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 double the size of the electorate by reducing property qualification 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 gain, 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 XVII |
| He became king of France in 1824 after Louis XVII 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 economics problems. It ultimately failed to establish a more democratic France. | Revolution of 1848 |