democratic reform and activism day 88. reforms before only 5% voted new middle class demanded vote...
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Democratic Reform and Activism
Day 88
Reforms
• Before only 5% voted• New Middle Class Demanded Vote or
Suffrage in Britain (1832 Reform Bill)• Fears of French style violence• Once middle class received vote working
class ( Chartist movement 1838-1867) and rural farm workers ( 1884) demands vote
Women’s lives change
• New jobs open opportunities (secretaries, typist, clerks, education, social work and health)
• First Birth control clinic opens in Amsterdam in 1882
• Middle class had more leisure time. Working class working by 9 years.
Victorian Age- Politics• Became Queen at 18
and ruled for 64 years (1837-1901)
• Although influential eventually gave up power of Monarch
Victorian Age CultureThe Proper Gentleman
• Allows Lady to walk along wall
• Never speaks to a lady unless spoken to
• Precedes a lady walking upstairs, and follows walking down
• Never smokes in a ladies presence
The Proper Lady• Never walks alone or
unchaperoned if unmarried and under 30
• Doesn’t go alone to make a social call
• Never wears pearls or diamonds in the morning
• Never dances more than 3 times with the same partner
• Cumberbun -Wedding Ceremony
•Tie
Women Suffrage Movement• Chartist Movement did not
include women
• The only country to have women suffrage prior to the 20th century was New Zeland
• 1848 Seneca Falls (Mott and Stanton)
• Peaceful non threating efforts were unsuccessful turned to more militant such as protests, hunger strikes and suicides (Emmeline Pankhurst- Women Social and Political Union)
France3rd Republic
• Aftermath of Franco Prussian War
• Napoleon III loses power
• 20,000 Parisian workers killed
• New Government created
Anti-Semitism
• Hostility and discrimination against Jews. Roman and Middle Ages Roots.
• Capt. Alfred Dreyfus- Accused of selling secrets to Germany. Sentenced to life.
• Anti-Semitism throughout Europe
• Russian Pogrom
• Zionism - Call for traditional homeland. Emigrant's to America and Palestine.
Review Questions
1) Before 1832; What was the percentage of people who had the right to vote in England?
2) Who did the reform bill of 1832 give the vote to?3) What group of voters did the Chartist movement
exclude?4) Which Monarch was forced to accept a less powerful
role?5) What was Alfred Dreyfus accused of?6) The pogroms in Russia were fueled by this ___(a term
for the hatred of Jewish people).7) What was the only country to allow Women the right to
vote before 1900?