19th and Early 20th Century Britain

What was the overall effect of the Three Reform Acts?

• The number of people who could vote was vastly increased.

• The number of people who could vote was vastly decreased.

This is a picture of the...

• House of Lords

• House of Commons

• House of Parliament

Which of these was NOT a political party during this period of British history?

• Liberal Party

• Conservative Party

• Labour Party

• Chartist Party

What was a rotten borough?

• A town or city that had shrunk in population but still had representation in Parliament based on its earlier size.

• A town or city that had grown in population but still had representation in Parliament based on its earlier size.

• A town or city that suffered terribly in the Great Hunger.

What was the purpose of the Corn Laws?

• To increase demand for British grain by increasing the price of imported grain.

• To decrease demand for British grain by increasing the price of imported grain.

• To raise the price of British grain in order to increase demand for imported grain.

• To raise the price of imported grain by lowering the price of British grain.

When was slavery abolished in all of Britain's colonies?

• 1833

• 1807

• 1865

• 1856

What does this picture have to do with capital punishment (execution of criminals)?

• The British legal system stopped executing criminals for crimes like theft and started sending them to penal colonies.

• The Pilgrims were threatened with execution for the beliefs in 1809, but they escaped to America.

• The British stopped executing criminals for crimes like theft and instead sent them all to Ireland.

The people in the picture are demonstrating for...

• labor reform

• women's suffrage

• Irish independence

Emmaline Pankhurst and Emily Davison were involved in extreme measures taken by the...

• Socialists

• Suffragists

• Fenians

• Chartists

What's going on in this picture?

• An Irish family is being evicted by the police, who work for the British government. The roof will be destroyed to make sure they can't move back in.

• An Irish family is being evicted by the French military. They will be sent to Australia.

• An Irish family is talking to the police, who work for the British government. The police have come to make sure that the family is okay and can survive the Great Hunger.