British History

By Carissa.Jones

  • The Reform Bill

    This law eased the property requirements so that well-to-do men in the middle class could vote

  • Charist Movement

    A popular movement arose among the workers and other groups who still could not vote to press for more rights

  • Suffrage for working class man

    They wanted to make parliament responsive to the lower classes. To do this, they demanded a secret ballot, an end to property requirements for serving in Parliament, and pay for members of Parilament. They also had the right to vote.

  • Suffrage for male rural workers

    Male rural workers had the right to vote

  • Suffrage for women over 30

    The WSPU goal was to draw attention to the cause of woman suffrage. Women did not gain the right to vote in national election in Great Britain and the United States until after World War I.

  • The Dreyfus Affair

    The Dreyfus Affair became abattleground for these opposing forces

  • Suffrage for all women of voting age

    Women were not gain the right to vote in elections in Great Britain