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The political changes from 1871-1914 were
influenced by the liberal movement of
1815-1870.
Changes Politically from 1871-1914
1. Universal Male Suffrage – (vote extended to working class)
-creation of mass political parties
-political leaders needed to appeal to wide electorate
-continued agitation among women
Changes Politically from 1871-1914
1. Universal Male Suffrage – (vote extended to working class)
2. Governments started to lay the ground work for the “welfare state”
-government takes on responsibility for social and economic problems
that arose due to industrialization
-mix of socialism and humanitarianism
France
1792 and 1848 – major revolutions – people called for what form of government?
France
1870 – France overrun by Bismarck
-elections showed that the French distrusted Republic as a form of government – wanted a monarchy
-Paris Republicans refused to accept National Assembly’s authority
France
Creation of the “Paris Commune” March to May 1871
-revival of Jacobinism
-patriotic and republican
-Anti-German, Anti-wealthy bourgeois, aristocrat, & clergy
-Pro-government control upon prices, wages, and working conditions
-violent SOCIAL revolution as well
Who do you think was very excited about this “worker” uprising?
France
Results:
1. Fighting – most violent in French History
2. National Assembly wins
3. 20,000 Communards executed
4. 7,500 deported
FranceNew Government in France
Created a Republic: Known as the THIRD REPUBLICPresident
Two House Parliament
Council of Ministers (cabinet) headed by a Premier
France
1879 – Republicans gain majority in both houses
-less radical as more people joined
-est. compulsory school system at gov’t expense
-passed anticlerical legislation (limit church influence in ed.)
William Gladstone
-Forster Education Act of 1870 – state-supported public education
-introduced secret ballot
-legalized labor unions
-promoted civil service exam
-eliminated sale of commissions in the army
-worker’s compensation
PM four times from
1868-1894
Benjamin Disraeli
-extended laws regulating public sanitation
-safety laws for mines and factories
-Regulated housing conditions for poor
PM - 1867, 1874-1880