Chapter 23 The Growth of Western Democracies

Section 1: Democratic Reform in Britain Britain was a Constitutional Monarchy Reform Act of 1832 – Redistributes seats of Parliament Gives common people more representation Secret Ballot Act – anonymity in voting Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone form the Conservative and Liberal Parties Each push for further reforms Establishment of a Parliamentary Democracy

Section 2: Social and Economic Reform in Britain Abolition Movement brings and end to the slave trade Reduction in the amount of Capital Offenses Labor Unions help to improve working conditions Women gain the right to vote (30 years old) Britain grants Ireland independence in 1921

Section 3: Division and Democracy in France Napoleon III and the Second Empire Franco-Prussian War – Napoleon III captured and executed Formation of the Third Republic – push towards Democracy Two Parliament House Anti-Semitism – Dreyfus Affair Zionist Movement – Formation of a Jewish State

Section 4: Expansion of the United States Belief of Manifest Destiny Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, Mexican Cession, Gadsden Purchase, Oregon Country, Florida Cession, Alaska Purchase Civil War divides a nation Women’s Suffrage movement