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12 Cards in this Set
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Reform Act of 1832
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act that gave industrial cities representatives in par. because only wealthy land owners could be in parliament, also extended the vote to middle class men that were educated and owned property
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Michael Sadler
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investigated the conditions for children in textile factories
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Factory Act 1833
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act that limited working hours of children in textile mills, made it illegal for teens to work more than 12 hours a day, and ordered children ages 9-13 to go to school 2 hours a day
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Slavery Abolition Act
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act that abolished slavery in the British empire
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chartists (people's charter)
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believed in (1) voting rights for all men (2) vote by secret ballot (3) annual elections (4) pay members of par.
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Victorian Era
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era in 1837-1901 when Queen Victoria was queen and England became more democratic with the reforms
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Benjamin Disraeli
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prime minister of the conservative party that pushed to extend voting rights to more working class men and for women, as well as voting with a secret ballot
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William Gladstone
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prime minister of liberal party that extended voting rights further in 1885
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett
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leader of the women's suffrage that thought women should gradually get the right to vote
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Emmeline Pankhurst
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leader of women's suffrage, who set up WSPU to protest parliament for voting rights
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Act of Union
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act where England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales formed Great Britain in 1801
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Lord Durham
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sent in 1838 to resolve rebellions by giving them home rule
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