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Peterloo massacre
1819


protest
meeting for changes to
electoral
system in
Manchester
(Peterloo square) where
11
were killed;
400
injured
chartists
1836


aim was to gain
political
rights and influence for the
working
classes
1832
reform act
increased
electorate
from
366
,
000
to
650
,
000
Manchester
and
Liverpool
got their own MPS
73
rotten boroughs remained
no
secret
ballots
MPS
still bribed votes
1867
reform act
45
small constituencies lost their
MPS
voting system
became more
representative
all
men
who owned or rented a
house
could vote
ended the
pocket boroughs
electorate from
20-40
%
1884
reform act
both working
men
in the cities and countryside could
vote
more
seats
to the big towns and
cities
electorate rose from
3
to
5
million
suffragists
campaigned using
peaceful
methods
led by
Millicent
Fawcett
letters to
MPS
,
rallies
and
marches
nuwss ran a campaign that included
400
meetings
40
MPS supported by
1906
elections
suffragettes
led by
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emily Davison killed by the
kings
horse in the
derby
race when she stepped out in front of it protesting
smashing windows on
private
property and gov
buildings
chaining
themselves to buildings
hunger
strike and
planting
bombs
government control during WWI and WWII
PROPAGANDA AND CENSORSHIP
1914
DORA
- prevent potential
invasion
and to keep
homeland
morale
at a high
DORA allowed gov to take over
mining
and
mutations
factories
Book
and
films
were censored in both wars
FOOD AND RATIONING
WWI - country only had
6
weeks supply of wheat
rationing wasn't introduced until
1918
as campaigned to grow food had worked
WWII -
rationing
on food and clothes began
health
of nation improved with
rationing
claims to power
BUF
claimed
50,000
members
obtained successful results in
bethnal green
etc polling almost
8,000
votes although none its candidates was elected
as the party became more
violent
support and membership
decreased
radicals
1960


Vietnam
war,
feminism
, civil rights movement and growth in media led to an outbreak of protest
general election in
1945
labor
party won
clement
Atlee
introduced the reforms of the beveridge report which formed the welfare state
WELFARE STATE:
family allowances paid to mother after the
first
child
national insurance
1946
NHS
1948
promised
one
million new homes
challenges to power in the 1980s
CND
(1950)
in
1981
250,000 gathered in
London
for a
rally
30
% of the populations support
attracted
labor votes
, it was very influential in
raising public awareness
of the issue
the miners strike of
1984-5
coal
industry was in decline and was losing
money
Margaret
thatcher entrusted
Neil
1990s
countries around the world signed
treaties
limiting
nuclear weapons
McGregor
closed all mines
NUM led by
Arthur Scargill
organised a strike which lasted for a
year
greenpeace
British nuclear fuels
limited
campaign in the
media
to highlight what it saw as the
waste
and danger of plant
an
embarrassment
to the government throughout the
1980s
rose public
awareness
about the issue