WH Ch.24 Section #1 Britain Becomes more Democratic

The Reform Act of 1832 eliminated "Rotten Boroughs."

• False

• True

The movement known as "Chartism" ( which had to do with drawing up a People's Charter )

demanded reforms such as universal male suffrage.

• False

• True

Queen Victoria embraced a strict code of morals such as?

• Thrift

• Hard Work & Honesty

• Duty

• Respectability

• All The Above

The Reform Act of 1832 was important because it Write the letter of the correct ending in the blank provided.

• brought full democracy.

• ended the power of landowning nobles.

• gave a greater political voice to the middle class.

• granted full universal male suffrage.

The Chartists were not successful because ?

• Parliament ignored their petitions.

• not enough people were interested in the movement.

• they were too radical for most workers.

• they were poorly organized.

Queen Victoria embodied the values of her age, including honesty and ?

• poverty.

• extravagance.

• respectability.

• laziness.

In the 1880s, the vote was extended to farmworkers under the leader of the Liberal party Gladstone.

• False, Benjamin Disraeli

• True, WIlliam Gladstone

In the early 1900s, the House of Lords became

• very powerful.

• largely a ceremonial institution.

• part of the monarchy.

• taken over by commoners.

How long did Queen Victoria Reign ?

• 72

• 74

• 70

• 69

Benjamin Disraeli was leader of the ________ Party?

• Conservative

• Liberal