Britain's Growing Democracy
In the early 1800s, only this small group of men had the right to vote in Britain.
Who are wealthy property-owning men?
Laws that limited child labor and improved factory safety were meant to protect this group.
Who are workers (especially children and the working class)?
This invention revolutionized communication by sending messages over wire.
What is the telegraph?
Better access to education allowed women to enter new careers such as this type of professional work.
What are teaching, nursing, or office jobs?
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand were allowed to govern themselves while still remaining part of this empire.
What is the British Empire?
As more middle-class men gained the vote, political power shifted away from the monarch and toward this lawmaking body.
What is Parliament (especially the House of Commons)?
Providing public education helped citizens do this more effectively in a democracy.
What is participate in government (or make informed decisions)?
Electric power changed cities by providing this to homes and streets and allowing people to work later into the night.
What is light?
Earning their own wages gave women more of this in society.
What is independence (or economic power)?
“Home rule” in Ireland meant having control over this.
What is their own internal government (local affairs)?
The Chartists demanded this reform that would limit voter intimidation.
What is a Secret Ballot?
Government programs like pensions and sanitation systems were created to improve this.
What is public health and quality of life?
This inventor created the telephone and changed communication forever.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Women who protested, marched, and went to jail to demand voting rights were part of this movement.
What is the women’s suffrage movement?
In the United States, disagreement over slavery led to this major war.
What is the Civil War?
By the early 1900s, Britain’s government was mostly run by elected officials instead of this traditional ruler.
Who is the monarch (king or queen)?
Labor unions formed so workers could do this together instead of alone.
What is bargain or demand better wages and conditions?
This new method of manufacturing pioneered by Henry Ford made cars far more affordable.
What is the assembly line or mass production?
Women used this powerful method of protest to bring attention to the severity of their cause.
What is a hunger strike?
After the Civil War, new amendments attempted to give formerly enslaved people these two key rights.
What are citizenship and voting rights?
By allowing more citizens to participate in government, Britain reduced the likelihood of this type of violent political change.
What is revolution?
Many reforms of the 1800s helped create this type of government we still see today, where citizens vote and have rights protected by law.
What is a modern democratic society?
New medical theories helped reduced deaths by proving that this caused many diseases.
What is bacteria/germs?
Winning the right to vote helped women push for broader changes like this in the 20th century.
What is equal rights (or gender equality)?
Industrial growth, railroads, and immigration helped transform the U.S. into this type of nation by 1900.
What is an industrial power?