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Queen Victoria
Who was queen at during this period of time? (hint: she rose to power at eighteen and ruled for sixty four years)
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They were the people who were against the injustice in the parliament and the persecution of the protestants by the catholic church.
Who were the Whigs?
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Women the working class and Irish Catholics.
Who began to influence political life?
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It's the period of time when fungus destroyed the potato so there was a potato famine.
What is the "Great Hunger"? What caused it?
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William Gladstone
Who served four times as prime minister and was deeply religious?
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Two
How many petitions did the Charists submit to the Parliament?
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They were a group of intellectuals whose purpose was to peacefully prepare the way for a socialist government.
Who became the Fabians and what was their purpose?
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He fought for Irish rights.
What did Charles Stewart Parnell do?
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Benjamin Disrael
Which prime minister was of the Conservative party and used to be a novelist?
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Important reform group of the working class.
Who were the Charists?
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Who founded the Women's social and political union in 1903?
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Self-government
What is home rule?
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The Education Act of 1870: the Ballot Act of 1872 and the Redistribution Act of 1885
What is one of the three Acts that Gladstone added? Give me the year
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Deprived of the right to vote.
What does disenfranchised mean?
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True
Tue or false: Women had the right to vote in local elections in 1896.
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United States, Canada. Australia
Where did most Irish immigrate to during the Great Hunger?
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Lowered qualification for voters. Extended it to all male home owners and most men with rented property. 1 million men were now able to vote, mostly from the middle class.
What did the Conservative-backed reform bill of 1867 do?
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More elaborate organization of political parties.
Tory and Whig parties became Conservative and Liberal parties.
Identify two results of the Reform Act.
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The married women's property act.
Which act of 1870 and 1882 gave women increased legal control over a family's earnings and properties.
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At least one million. They died of starvation and disease.
How many Irish died during the Great Hunger? Why?
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