Starter quiz
- The year 1914 is part of which century?
- 'twentieth' ✓
- Which right were women trying to win during the women's suffrage campaign?
- the vote ✓
- freedom of speech
- choice
- health care
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- What kind of attitudes towards women existed in Victorian Britain?
- modern and progressive
- old-fashioned and sexist ✓
- supportive and caring
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- Which group held all political power in Britain until 1832?
- skilled working-class men
- factory owners
- rich men such as landowners with titles ✓
- rich women married to landowners
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- Write the missing word, which begins with m: A collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy is called a political ______.
- 'movement' ✓
- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔the French Revolution
- 2⇔the Peterloo Massacre
- 3⇔the Great Reform Act
- 4⇔the Secret Ballot Act
Exit quiz
- Write the missing word: 'Franchise' means the ability to vote and another keyword meaning the same thing is ______.
- 'suffrage' ✓
- Match each change in the British system with its correct description.
- 1832 Reform Act⇔Extended the franchise to include middle class, factory owners. ✓
- 1867 Reform Act⇔Extended the franchise to 2.5 million voters. ✓
- 1884 Reform Act⇔Extended the franchise to two in three men. ✓
- Complete the sentence: One reason women could be excluded from voting was they had very little ______.
- interest
- education ✓
- commitment
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- Complete the sentence: Women gained experience of taking part in politics through their involvement in the abolitionist ______.
- 'movement' ✓
- The extension of which rights for women in the 19th century may have helped women to push for voting rights?
- leisure
- health
- legal ✓
- fashion
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- How did the Bryant and May matchmakers successfully gain higher wages?
- by leaving to work in a different factory
- by going on strike ✓
- by making more matches
- by using violence
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Key learning points
- The franchise had been expanded in the nineteenth century but did not include women.
- Women had secured some legal rights, such as the 1882 Married Women's Property Act.
- Women had contributed to political movements throughout the nineteenth century, including abolition.
Common misconception
Victorian women played no political role in Britain in the 19th century.
Women were increasingly politically active in Britain, for example, through their involvement in the abolitionist movement and through their participation in trade unions, despite being unable to vote.
Keywords
Political - relating to government
Franchise - the ability to vote
Legal rights - entitlements that are enshrined in the law relating to government
Suffrage - the right to vote
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