10. 2. Temperance Movement
• Temperance – drinking in moderation
• Abstinence – no drinking of alcohol
• Women’s Christian Temperance Union was to
educate the public regarding the evils of
alcohol
• 18th Amendment makes manufacture, sale
and transportation of alcohol illegal
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13. Reform in Britain
• Corn Laws
– Allowed merchants to import cheaper grain and
lowered the cost of food for everyone
14. • Reform Bill of 1832
– Allowed middle class to vote (not the working
class)
15. • Reform Act of 1867
– Designed by prime minister Benjamin Disraeli
– Allowed all male homeowners to vote
16. • Parliament Bill of 1911
– Established the House of Commons as more
powerful than House of Lords
Believed that man was good and society had corrupted him
Viewed the capitalism that emerged from the Industrial Revolution as unjust because a small number of men controlled the wealth of society
Utopia describes a perfect place or society, where everyone is equal socially and economically.
Christian socialists denied or distorted the biblical teachings on Creation, the Fall and REdemption
Believed that private ownership of property and private control of wealth was evil
Wanted the proletariat to establish a dictatorship where the worker would be in power
Marx took a negative view of religion…claimed that belief in God, sin, and salvation through jesus Christ kept the proletariat in bondage blinding them to their real needs and their power to change society. Called religion the “opium of the people”
Very high tariffs, which protected those who produced these items in Britain
Resulted in dramatic increase of trade and brought great prosperity to Britain
1918 – women over 30 could vote…1928 – all women could vote
Secretly tried and found innocent the real spy
Eventually he was released and restored in the French army
During its existence as a penal colony (1884-1946), more than 56,000 prisoners were transported to French Guiana from France. Of this number, perhaps one-fourth returned to France. Many of those who evaded death in the jungle camps did so by escape—a feat that became increasingly difficult as the years passed
