How Significant Was the Great Reform Act of 1832?

Also, voters and politicians now nominated candidates, rather than the political party leaders in Congress. This and other events led to a more democratic society.

Arguments against the claim that those reform movements expanded democratic ideals include stating that they did not directly result in women’s suffrage, since that happened after world war one; or abolition, since the emancipation proclamation didn’t happen until the civil war. While it is true that slavery wasn’t outlawed until the civil war and woman’s right to vote wasn’t granted until after world war one, it is important to note that reasons for those results originate in this reform movement. For example, women’s suffrage was granted after WW1 and was passed mostly because of the work they did in factories during the war, but the idea that if a woman can do the same thing a man can, and just as well, they should have the same rights has its origins in these reforms movements. Also, the emancipation proclamation was greatly influenced by the arguments formed during this time. In conclusion, the ideals of democracy were greatly expanded on during the reforms of 1825-1855 because it expanded the voter basis and expanded the ideals of freedom and liberty to more than just the white

There were many different so called “reform movements” in the years 1825 through 1850, although, only some were actually making changes to the U.S. that benefited the people as a whole, others were just self proclaimed reforms to cover up the fact that their movement only benefited themselves and the rest of the group they were representing, these were the types of “reforms” that failed to show the value that Americans placed on having a democratic society. That being said, the validity of the statement “Reform movements in the U.S. sought to expand democratic ideals.”, would be partially correct but partially false because not all of these movements were created to expand the ideas of democracy.

The Great Compromise, it affected the government because the small states wanted equality between the congresses with larger state. The other compromise is the Three-Fifths Compromise, this affected the government because the southern and northern states were settling a dispute about population of congress.

Almost all of the leaders in the House of Commons and in some other sections of politics, such as newspapers, called for a reform to the British Electoral System, which ultimately led to reform and the later repealing of the Corn Laws. Numerous reasons were given as to why reform was vital for Britain, a country which was having some difficulties since the Corn Laws were introduced 1815. Most of these reasons were economic, as taxes were high, it hurt the middle class, and there was possibly even some despotism in England. All of these factors led to a commotion in England for a reform which finally came in 1832.

Improvements through laws were also made regarding the right to represent oneself in government as well.

The Sugar and Stamp Act were designed to increase British taxes. The Sugar was in 1764. Stamp Act was 1756.The Enlish had raised many taxes to pay off the French and Indian War. Colonists did not agree with the taxes.Both of these taxes were unfair for the colonists.The Sugar and stamp Act angered the 13 colonies.

there were bills introduced proposing further reform but none were passed. This shows that though

Each of these had specific aims. They were mainly directing these towards the working class people. One of the crucial targets of the reforms was the children of Britain. They knew that the children

Another reform made during the Progressive Era was the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. Before the Seventeenth Amendment, senators were elected by state legislatures rather than voters. There would sometimes be vacancies in state legislatures when the legislatures were deadlocked on an election, and because other politicians elected senators there was corruption within the system. The Seventeenth Amendment allowed people to have a larger voice in the government and made the Senate more explicable to the people. The Nineteenth Amendment was also passed during the Progressive Era to allow more people to have a voice in the government.

The presidential election of 1800 was between President John Adams and Vice-President Thomas Jefferson. Adams, the incumbent, was running for his second term after beating Jefferson four years prior. The importance of this election is not that Jefferson winning, but it is Adams losing. During this time period, democracy was not prevalent in the world as now, so the peaceful change of power was a huge step to American democracy and to democracy around the world. James Roger Sharp argues that the election of 1800 is the most important election because of which a president was set by President John Adams. Washington, the first president of the country ran two terms then leaving the white house deciding not to run for a third term, which was

At the beginning I would like to say, that I agree with those, who think that the North states got better of the Compromise in 1850.

Another benefit to the reforms is that the prime minister appoints members based on their profession, for instance the majority of the life peers that are in the house of lords are lawyers which indicates expertness in the skill of observing, as a result the reformed house of lords frequently defeat government. On the other side you could argue that the reform is still incomplete, and that Tony Blair initial aim when he came to government, was to have a fully elected house of lords, in this case would have been more democratic. Due to elected politicians in the house of lords many appointed members by the Prime Minister are part of his own party which can ais the Prime Minister in decision making which creates worse legitimacy.

The main issue is one that affected most of Society in the early 20th century.The main issue stemmed from outcry at The Great Reform Act 1832 which was introduced to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales. Before the 1832 Reform Act most men and all women did not have the vote. This act created a wider franchise but used the term ‘male person’, specifically excluding women. Alternative acts helped to enfranchise new sections of society and gave most men the vote, leaving sex the principal ground for disqualification. As a result, debates about ‘fitness’ for citizenship and the vote, which had previously centred around wealth, property ownership and education, now revolved around questions of gender. It was that women, did not have the right to vote for the men that were in power creating laws and such which they had to follow. The laws and aspects of society which they were made to follow without any say in the creation of them were things such as taxes. Women were denied the vote for many reasons, most being justified by men. Most men and some women at the time, against women gaining the vote believed in Conservatism, they thought that the way the laws were, had been the same for many years, and they saw no need to change something that ‘worked’ for ‘the benefit’ of ‘all’ those in society at the time. it was also a widespread belief that women should remain in the home and take care of their ‘natural duties’, such as cleaning, cooking, etc. Women at

However, I do not believe that the working class had the impact that others have claimed. Because politicians were a rich landowning elite and did not have to take into account the electorate or constituent’s opinions as they owned the land their voters lived on. Furthermore, the majority of the MPs were controlled by the trading companies and sadly, like today; the corporations had more power than the people. That aside, they did put pressure on parliament and gave force to the political proponents of abolition.