Friday, November 2 What new economic philosophy believed that there should be no private property and everything should be owned by the public? What new economic philosophy believed that the factors of production (materials, factories, goods, etc.) should be owned by the public?

Age of Democracy and Progress

Democratic Reform and Activism in Great Britain Historically Britain was a constitutional monarchy since the 1600’s not a true democracy – had to be male and a landowner to vote excluded most men and all women the upper classes ran the government The Reform Bill of 1832 gave the right to vote to wealthy middle class gave cities more representation and eliminated rotten boroughs

Workers began to demand suffrage Chartist movement called for the vote to be open to all men, annual elections of Parliament, a secret ballot, and pay for MPs The Victorian Age Queen Victoria ruled for 64 years, one of the longest reigns in history but just a symbolic ruler; Parliament and the prime minister really run the country

Women Demand the Vote Organization and Resistance in USA – Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked for women’s suffrage in Great Britain – Emmeline Pankhurst WSPU – Women’s Social and Political Union results were very gradual – women in both countries don’t get the vote until after World War I USA – 19th Amendment in 1920

WSPU – Women’s Social and Political Union Sister Suffragette

Silent Suffragettes – Washington, D.C. Suffrage March in U.K. Emmeline Pankhurst Silent Suffragettes – Washington, D.C.

Self-Rule for British Colonies By the end of the 19th century, Great Britain had allowed some of its colonies the right of self-rule this meant the colonies had the right to govern themselves, but still remained as part of the British Empire Despite giving political freedom to some of the colonies, Britain continued to control the world’s largest empire until the 1960s & 1970s.

Progress in the 19th Century During the late 19th century, the Industrial Revolution and growing industries helped lead to even greater advances in technology This in turn led to a new age of technology, mass culture, and scientific discovery

Thomas Edison’s Lightbulb Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone

Henry Ford’s Model T Wright brothers – First airplane

Vaudeville – music variety shows (think 19th century America’s Got Talent) Motion Pictures

Louis Pasteur discovering vaccines Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium and polonium (radioactivity)