Reform and Activism

Discussion

What are some of the social problems we have in society today?

How do we help solve these social problems?

Victorian Age

Named after Queen Victoria

Came to power in 1837 at 18 years old

Queen for almost 64 years

Reached height of wealth and power during her reign

Reforms

Suffrage

By 1890 most countries had universal male suffrage What does that mean?

Between 1880-1914 women’s suffrage gains momentum Through peaceful protests

Organizations (WSPU)

Didn’t get right to vote until after WWI

Australia/New Zealand Claimed by James Cook in

1769/1770

Maori people = New Zealand

Aborigines = Australia (longest ongoing culture in the world)

Australia ruled as a Penal Colony

Place where they send convicts Why do you think they would do

this?

Didn’t want to overcrowd prisons

After release prisoners could buy land and settle

U.S. Prison Facts

United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners

Imprisonment of America's 2.3 million prisoners, costing $24,000 per inmate per year, and $5.1 billion in new prison construction, consumes $60.3 billion in budget expenditures.

U.S. Prison Facts

In the twenty-five years since the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, the United States penal population rose from around 300,000 to more than two million.

Discussion

What should we do to make sure we don’t over populate our prisons?

Should we implement the death penalty more often and in all 50 states?

Should we make penalties less severe for drug abuse? What could be the downside to that?

Australia

Free Settlers Arrive in Australia

Bring sheep

Wool becomes biggest export

British government offered land in Australia to encourage settlement

1851= Gold rush= Increase population

New Zealand

Settlement grew more slowly

Christians from Australia go to N.Z

Created conflict

Treaty in 1840 signed

Maori accepted British rule but got to keep land

Natives excluded from Gov.

Disease killed natives

Wars killed both Maori and Aborigines

Irish Independence Occupied by British since

1100’s

The Great Famine

1840’s fungus ruined potatoes

1 million people died from starvation and disease

1.5 million left to the U.S. and other countries

Lost land/debt

Not until 1949 did it gain full independence

Assignment

Choose 2 of 19th century innovations

Create a poster

Include 4-5 pictures

Needs to be colored

Include 4 facts about each innovation. (8 total)

Starts on pg 762-766

*Take your time and make it nice. You are graded on your effort not how well you draw.