Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress: How Democratic was

Britain in the 19th
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century
Challenge

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage Which government would you prefer? Why?

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Challenge
Monarchy Dictatorship Democracy

Good Progress:

Who should be allowed to vote?

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Make a list of problems you can
spot in the below scenario
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

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Challenge

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Learning Objective:

Constituencies and Franchise

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the
electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

There were 2 types of constituencies- county and

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borough.
County- sent 2 MPs to Parliament
Boroughs (towns within the county)- also sent 2 MPs.
Increasing
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Challenge Criteria for voting- depended on where they lived and
what they owned. No women were allowed to vote

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Condition of election and
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage democracy
Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
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Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:

Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
Conditions in the other part of the
world
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the

Whigs and Tories

change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Whigs: Group of people that fought against court’s corruption

(bribing the voters) and Church’s prosecution of Protestants.
Increasing
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Challenge
Tories: Supported Monarchy and Church.

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Learning Objective:

1832 Reform Act

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the
electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

The Representation of the People Act 1832, known as the first Reform Act or Great
Reform Act:
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•disenfranchised 56 boroughs in England and Wales and reduced another 31 to only
one MP
•created 67 new constituencies
•broadened the franchise's property qualification in the counties, to include small
landowners, tenant farmers, and shopkeepers
•created a uniform franchise in the boroughs, giving the vote to all householders
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Very Good Progress:
who paid a yearly rental of £10 or more and some lodgers
Challenge
Another change brought by the 1832 Reform Act was the formal exclusion of
women from voting in Parliamentary elections, as a voter was defined in the Act as
a male person. Before 1832 there were occasional, although rare, instances of
women voting.
Good Progress: Limited change had been achieved but for many it did not go far enough. The
property qualifications meant that the majority of working men still could not vote.
But it had been proved that change was possible and over the next decades the call
for further parliamentary reform continued.
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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:

Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Chartism failed because:
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
What did Chartism achieve?
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:
1. First working class movement.
2. They got the knowledge that they could organize
themselves on a national basis.
3. If united, they understood that they could make a
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difference.
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
More Towards Democracy
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress: 1. By 1850s and 1860s, it was clear that Britain’s main
wealth was from technology and industry.
2. 1867 Reform Act- doubled the franchise.
3. 1884 Reform Act- all male property-owners could
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vote. Now one in three women could vote.
Challenge 4. 1872- introduced secret ballot.

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Condition of Victorian Women
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

• Women were to look after the family.

• Men can decide on the financial matters of the family.
• They were not given custody of children in case of
divorce.
Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge • The husband has the ownership of the property of the
wife as well as the income she earned.
• However, the middle class women had to work.

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
Women who dared to challenge the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage
Society
Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

Yet, she was not allowed to vote.

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Increasing Job Opportunities
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:
Suffrage- Right to Vote.
There were 2 groups of women in UK:
Suffragists- used legal means to attain the right to vote.
Increasing
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Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Suffragette
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of

Equal Franchise Act- 1928

Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:
Gave equal voting rights to men and women. Both could
vote at the age of 21.

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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Learning Objective:

KEYWORDS: the pressures to change for the

electoral system, growth of the idea of
RESOURCES - LINKS
Democracy, Reform Acts, Chartists and the
change they brought, Women’s Suffrage

Outstanding Progress:
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/suffrage
• https://www.britannica.com/event/Reform-Bill

Increasing
Very Good Progress:
Challenge

Good Progress:

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