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Question | Answer |
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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 |