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Britain and France
lesson 8: rowe / WBHS / World History / William Smith
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 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_______. | prime minister |
| One of two British prime ministers that sought democratic reform during the 1800's. 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 |
| This Law gave women the right to vote. | Reform Act of 1918 |
| This law gave further extended voting rights in Britain by reducing property requirements. More than two million gained the right to vote. | Reform Act of 1884 |
| 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 |
| Britain's most famous abolitionist. | William Wilberforce |
| Monarchists wanted a return to__________ _________. | Absolutist monarchy |
| Moderates wanted a........? | limited monarchy with limited voting rights for citizens. |
| Radicals wanted......? | a republic with full voting rights. |
| The French leader is called the___________. | premier |
| In what year did Charles X take over? | 1824 |
| This event forced Napoleon III out of power in France. | Franco Prussian War |
| Who is Britain's law making body? | Parliament |
| What means the right to vote? | Suffrage |
| The house of parliament that is elected. | House of Commons |
| The house of Parliament that is not elected. | House of Lords |
| Areas of Britain that lost population but kept representatives in Parliament.......... | rotten boroughs |
| A style of government in which the leaders of a country do not have total power and must follow certain rules.......... | limited government |
| Term used to describe a situation in which all adults have the right to vote...... | universal suffrage |
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