Chapter 11 Assessment Review

9. What were the effects of the great reform act of 1832?

-eased property requirements to voted -modernized electoral districts -gave industrial cities more representatives

13. List two goals of progressive reformers in the United States.

-sought to ban child labor -limit working hours -regulate monopolies -give voters more power and to get women the right to vote

8. What is a provisional government?

A provisional government also called an interim or transitional government is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition, generally in the cases of new nations, or following the collapse of the previous governing administration. Provisional governments are generally appointed, and frequently arise either during or after civil or foreign wars.

16. Britain and France faced many similar political and social problems in the 1800s. Why do you think Britain was able to avoid the upheavals that plagued France?

Britain had seen upheaval during its civil wars of 1642-51. Industrial revolution offered Britain's population jobs & prosperity.

14. How did Britain, France and the United States slowly extend democratic rights during the 1800s and early 1900s?

Britain, France and the United States extend democratic rights during the 1800's and early 1900's by reforms to voting.

15. What views of suffrage does this cartoon reflect?

How men are selfish and didn't want to spend money on anyone but their self.

5. Why did French politicians need to form coalitions?

In order to govern.

7. What is segregation?

Legal separation of races, in hospitals, schools, and other public places.

10. How did British policy toward slavery change in 1833?

Parliament passed a law banning slavery in all British colonies.

1. How did the great reform act of 1832 correct the problem of rotten boroughs?

The Act granted seats in the House of Commons to large cities that had sprung up during the Industrial Revolution, and took away seats from the "rotten boroughs"-those with very small populations.

6. Where did Britain establish penal colonies?

The British Empire used the colony of Georgia in North America as a penal colony. After the American Revolution, Australia was established as a penal colony. The Andaman Islands in India were also used.

2. What group of people was added to the British electorate in 1918?

The United Kingdom election of 1918 was the first to allow adult men and women to vote after Representation of the People Act 1918.

4. Why did the opponents of the corn laws in Britain favor free trade?

The issue was a dispute between landowners (a long-established class, who were heavily represented in Parliament) and the new class of manufacturers and industrialists (who were not). The former desired to maximise their profits from agriculture by keeping the price at which they could sell their grain high. The latter wished to maximize their profits from manufacture by reducing the wages they paid to their factory workers—the difficulty being that men could not work in the factories if a factory wage was not enough to feed them and their families; hence, in practice, high grain prices kept factory wages high also.

3. Why did members of the chartist movement demands the use of secret ballot?

The members of the Chartist movement demanded the use of secret ballots to rig the elections.

12. What was the main goal of the Zionist movement?

To rebuild the Jewish State in Palestine.

11. How did the party system in France's third Republic differ from the British party system?

Unlike Britain wizards two-party system France had many parties reflecting the wide split within the country among them where the divine right royalists, monarchists, moderate Republicans and radicals.