Agenda 12-10

• BW – Vocab IN NOTES - Constitutional Monarchy, Suffrage, Parliament, Zionism

• Housekeeping.• CW – Notes Democratic Reforms • CW 2 – Democracy Chart• TOTD – Answer EQ in detail• HW –Finish Chart, do CH 26 recap• Quote of The Day - All wealth is the product of

labor. - John Locke

Housekeeping

• DO NOT ASK ABOUT MARKING PERIOD GRADES. THEY WILL BE SHARED WEDNESDAY

• New Tardy Policy

• Presentations – Feedback given Wednesday, students present FRIDAY

EQ: What were some of the Democratic Reforms of the

19th Century?Britain Expands Democracy

Traditional Government

• Const. monarchy since -1662

A Severely Limited Democracy

• In the early 1800s, vote limited to men with substantial property

• Women could not vote at all; upper classes (5%) run the government

Democratic Progress• The Enlightenment, industrialization, and

political revolutions encouraged political reform in Great Britain

• The increase in education during industrialization forced a change in gov’t.

• Working class, women, & colonists all wanted a voice in gov’t

• British land owners feared rebellion so they decided to share the power

Britain Enacts Reforms

The Reform Bill of 1832• 1832 bill gives middle class suffrage—the right to vote• gave urban areas representation in ParliamentAlso gives thriving new industrial cities more representation

Reforms Chartist Movement

• Chartist movement—expands suffrage and reform politics

• Suffrage for all men, secret vote,

• Parliamentary reforms– no land requirement– salaries for Members of Parliament

• Parliament at first rejects, but eventually adopts, Chartist goals

The Victorian Age

• Queen Victoria—rules for 64 years at height of British power

• Loses power to Parliament, especially House of Commons

• Government run almost completely by prime minister, cabinet

France

• The Third Republic• emerges after the Franco-Prussian War

• France changes governments repeatedly after Franco-Prussian War

• Formed in 1875, lasts 60 years

The Dreyfus Affair

• Dreyfus affair—spy controversy over Jewish officer in French army

• Anti-Semitism—prejudice against Jews, strong in much of Europe

• Government eventually declares Captain Alfred Dreyfus innocent

• The Rise of Zionism—movement for Jewish homeland—grows after Dreyfus affair

EQ: What were some of the Democratic Reforms of the

19th Century?Britain Expands Democracy

British Colonies

• Canada, New Zealand, & Australia all were made dominions (given home rule) because culturally they were very similar to the British

• Ireland, South Africa, & India also had movements for home rule but the British refused to give them independence, ETHNOCENTRISM/RACISM