1. Democratic Reform and Activism Day 88

2. Reforms Before only 5% voted New Middle Class Demanded Vote or Suffrage in Britain (1832 Reform Bill) Fears of French style violence Once middle class received vote working class ( Chartist movement 1838-1867) and rural farm workers ( 1884) demands vote

3. Women’s lives change New jobs open opportunities (secretaries, typist, clerks, education, social work and health) First Birth control clinic opens in Amsterdam in 1882 Middle class had more leisure time. Working class working by 9 years.

4. Victorian Age- Politics Became Queen at 18 and ruled for 64 years (1837-1901) Although influential eventually gave up power of Monarch

5. Victorian Age Culture The Proper Gentleman Allows Lady to walk along wall Never speaks to a lady unless spoken to Precedes a lady walking upstairs, and follows walking down Never smokes in a ladies presence The Proper Lady Never walks alone or unchaperoned if unmarried and under 30 Doesn’t go alone to make a social call Never wears pearls or diamonds in the morning Never dances more than 3 times with the same partner Cumberbun-Wedding Ceremony Tie

6. Women Suffrage Movement Chartist Movement did not include women The only country to have women suffrage prior to the 20 th century was New Zeland 1848 Seneca Falls (Mott and Stanton) Peaceful non threating efforts were unsuccessful turned to more militant such as protests, hunger strikes and suicides (Emmeline Pankhurst- Women Social and Political Union)

7. France 3 rd Republic Aftermath of Franco Prussian War Napoleon III loses power 20,000 Parisian workers killed New Government created

8. Anti-Semitism Hostility and discrimination against Jews. Roman and Middle Ages Roots. Capt. Alfred Dreyfus- Accused of selling secrets to Germany. Sentenced to life. Anti-Semitism throughout Europe Russian Pogrom Zionism - Call for traditional homeland. Emigrant's to America and Palestine.

10. Review Questions 1)Before 1832; What was the percentage of people who had the right to vote in England? 2)Who did the reform bill of 1832 give the vote to? 3)What group of voters did the Chartist movement exclude? 4)Which Monarch was forced to accept a less powerful role? 5)What was Alfred Dreyfus accused of? 6)The pogroms in Russia were fueled by this ___(a term for the hatred of Jewish people). 7)What was the only country to allow Women the right to vote before 1900?