Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How
democratic was
Britain by 1918
- Participation
- 1832 Great Reform
Act
- Male property
owners could
now vote
- The Second Reform Act
1867
- Lodgers paying over £10
per year in rent given vote
- The Third Reform Act
1884
- Male householders
given vote
- 1918 Representation
of the People Act
- All men given
the right to vote
- Women over 30
given right to vote
under conditions
- Corruption
and Fear
- Corrupt and Illegal
Practices Act 1883
- Spending
was limited
- No purchase of
food and drink
for voters
- The Secret
Ballot Act 1872
- Voting now
done in polling
booths
- Cancelled out
Imtimidation
- Representation
- Redistribution
of Seats 1867
and 1885
- Smaller towns
lost MPs
- Larger towns
gained MPs
- The Parliament
Act 1911
- Reduce
power of
House of
Lords
- MPs were paid
- Working
class could
become
MPs
- Second Reform
Act 1867
- Populated
areas gained
seats and
depopulated
areas lost
seats
- Widening Membership
for House of Commons
- 1858 abolished
housing
qualifications for
MPs
- More people
could become
MPs
- Creation
of the
Labour
Party
- Working
class finally
had a party
that had
their lives at
the fore
front of
their
political
ideas
- More
representation