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Great Britain:Toward Democracy
Question | Answer |
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Which state symbolized the confident liberal state? | Great Britain |
How was Great Britain different from all other states? | Great Britain didn’t have to create institutions and learn how to live within them |
Who led the Reform League? | John Bright |
Who led the Conservative Ministry? | Benjamin Disraeli |
What happened in 1870? | Competitive examinations for the civil service replaced patronage. |
What happened in 1871? | The purchase of officers’ commissions in the army was abolished. |
What was the Ballot Act of 1872? | It introduced voting by secret ballot. |
What was the Education Act of 1870? | For the first time the government assumed responsibility for establishing and running elementary schools. |
Who succeeded Gladstone in 1874 as prime minister? | Desraeli |
What was the Public Health Act of 1875? | It consolidated previous legislation on sanitation and reaffirmed the duty of the state to interfere with private property to protect health and physical well being. |
In what year did the third reform act give a vote to most male farm workers? | 1884 |
In 1886, a group known as the.. joined with the Conservatives to defeat home rule? | Liberal Unionists |