Political Consequences of Industrialization The political system had

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Political Consequences of Industrialization The political system had to adapt to the social and

Political Consequences of Industrialization The political system had to adapt to the social and economic changes brought about by industrialization. CHY 4 U Unit 3 Day 2

Now let’s get back to the main question: how did industrialization change the British

Now let’s get back to the main question: how did industrialization change the British political thinking? Day 2

A political ideology is like a pair of glasses. If you wear glasses normally

A political ideology is like a pair of glasses. If you wear glasses normally and then take them off, you see the world differently (pretty blurry, eh? ). If you don’t wear glasses normally but you put someone else’s glasses on, it affects the way you see the world, right? So, an ideology affects the way people see the political system and government. LIBERALISM AND DEMOCRACY

Social Impact • Recall the difficult lives of the workers in mills and mines.

Social Impact • Recall the difficult lives of the workers in mills and mines. National Archives Learning Curve, Victorian Britain, Industrial Nation, Source 4, n. d. , http: //www. learningcurve. gov. uk/victorianbritain/industrial/source 4. htm (October 15, 2005)

Political Impact • Did you think it would affect people’s political thinking? HOW?

Political Impact • Did you think it would affect people’s political thinking? HOW?

Review of liberalism • On page 23 of unit 3 handout package, you will

Review of liberalism • On page 23 of unit 3 handout package, you will find the Chart on liberalism, recalling the major ideas involved in this moderate ideology. • Try to match the ideals of liberalism with examples from 19 th century Europe. Note on vocab: franchise = the vote.

The Political Spectrum • These are the terms we’ll be using to describe positions

The Political Spectrum • These are the terms we’ll be using to describe positions on a simplified political spectrum from 19 th century Britain. You should recall these words from Fr. Rev. moderate = liberal radical conservative Note: positions on the spectrum do not refer to political parties. They refer to belief systems. Thus liberal with a lower case ‘l’ as opposed to “L” as in the Liberal party.

The Dirty D Word – you might think by now in Britain they’d have

The Dirty D Word – you might think by now in Britain they’d have full democracy. You’d be wrong. Timeline of Democracy in Britain Year People who could vote 1780 Less than 3 % of people 1832 Reform Act of 1832 gave people like factory owners the vote: in total, about 10 % of adult males (but still only 750 000 people). “However, the Act gave the vote in towns only to men who occupied property with an annual value of £ 10, which excluded six adult males out of seven from the voting process. ” (National Archives, Getting the Vote, N. d. , http: //www. nationalarchives. gov. uk/pathways/citizenship/struggle_democracy/getting _vote. htm (May 1, 2017))

Year People who could vote 1867 The Reform Act of 1867 doubled the amount

Year People who could vote 1867 The Reform Act of 1867 doubled the amount of people who could vote. Cities got more representatives in parliament. Skilled workers pushed for this change. But most male workers could still not vote. 1872 Secret ballot introduced. 1880 s***** Some male workers got the right to vote but many were still left out. 1918 1928 Universal male suffrage achieved (all men could vote). Women got the right to vote = universal suffrage.

Ideologies and the Political Spectrum • Please look at page 24 in your unit

Ideologies and the Political Spectrum • Please look at page 24 in your unit 3 handout package. • Here you will see how different views get placed on the spectrum. • Please note, this is the simplified political spectrum for 19 th century Britain. It doesn’t exactly fit today’s world.

19 th Century Political Spectrum Criteria: On the spectrum this is how we decide

19 th Century Political Spectrum Criteria: On the spectrum this is how we decide right/left/centre: Fast change is good = 1 Change is scary = 5 Not too fast, not too slow = 3 Let’s go back to the way things used to be = 5 3 2 1 4 5

19 th Century Political Spectrum • More criteria: • The community is way more

19 th Century Political Spectrum • More criteria: • The community is way more important than the individual = 1 • Community is worth considering but individual rights must be protected= 3 3 2 1 4 5

19 th Century Political Spectrum Even more criteria: We must ignore tradition and focus

19 th Century Political Spectrum Even more criteria: We must ignore tradition and focus on the future = 1 Both tradition and the future are important = 3 We must uphold tradition above all = 5 3 2 1 4 5

Connection Between Voting and Ideologies • Political parties want voters… • If a certain

Connection Between Voting and Ideologies • Political parties want voters… • If a certain group of people starts to get the right to vote, a political party might change its policies to appeal to them • new liberalism moved to the left to appeal to workers who could vote, which meant it supported more government intervention

New Liberalism* Examples in Europe *Not just centrist political parties took up these ideas.

New Liberalism* Examples in Europe *Not just centrist political parties took up these ideas. Note in the examples above that the right wing in Scandinavia adopted them. That’s because of the impact of industrialization.

New Liberalism (small l) • Where would you place new liberalism, a form of

New Liberalism (small l) • Where would you place new liberalism, a form of liberalism that had more government intervention and more support for people? moderate = 3 radical = 1 conservative = 5