Topic 14, Lesson 5 quiz

The Great Reform Act of 1832

• eliminated rotten boroughs and redistributed seats in Parliament.

• gave women the right to vote.

• improved working conditions in factories and mines.

• abolished slavery in all British territories.

Which of the following best describes the reign of Queen Victoria?

• She was intimately involved in government affairs and often used her political power in Parliament.

• She embraced a strict code of morals and manners that came to embody the values of the time period.

• She was feared and despised by the common people, but admired by the nobility.

• She offered hope and inspiration during a time of uncertainty and little confidence in the future.

Women suffragists were

• united in their tactics to achieve suffrage for women.

• incarcerated for going on hunger strikes.

• divided over the use of violence to achieve their goals.

• supported by Queen Victoria.

William Wilberforce was a British politician who

• led the Fenian Brotherhood in support of Irish home rule.

• supported radical women suffragists.

• worked to abolish the slave trade and slavery.

• spearheaded the social welfare laws enacted during the late 1800s.

Why did the famine solidify Irish resentment of British control?

• British efforts to end the famine came too late.

• Britain imposed high tariffs on imported grain, raising the price of bread.

• The British forced mass emigrations to the United States, Canada, and Australia.

• The British continued to export food from Ireland while people starved.