HISTORY OF ENGLAND
 History 211
  Topic 13:  Conservatism, Liberalism, Reform, and Prosperity

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Identification Items
 While reading Chapters 22-23 of your textbook, watch for the following items.  When you find the item in Chapters 22-23, identify the object or person. 
Corn law of 1815, William Cobbett, Henry Hunt, Six Acts, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Liverpool, George Canning, Daniel O'Connell, Catholic emancipation Act of 1829, corrupt Buroughs, Peterloo Massacre, Reform Act of 1832, Pocket Boroughs, Earl Grey, Municipal Corporation Act of 1835, New Poor Law 1834, Factory Act of 1833, 
Feargus O'Connor, Benjamin Disraeli, Charles dickens, Crystal Palace in London, Joseph Paxton, Henry Bessemer, The Opium War of 1840, Workshop Act of 1866, Factory Acts of 1874 and 1878, Trade Union Acts of 1871 and 1875, Education Act of 1870, William Ewart Gladstone, Carlton Club, John Bright, Reform Act of 1867
Topics for Study
The following essay questions should be guides for your reading of Chapters 22-23. The following essay questions will be included on the Third Exam.  You will write two essays on the third  exam.  You will choose your exam essays.
1.  What social, political, and economic conditions prevailed in Great Britain before 1832?  How do you account for them?
2.  What forces produced the Great Reform Bill of 1832 and what were the immediate long range political and constitutional implications of this act?
3.  Note the similarities and differences between "Liberals" and "Conservatives"  in Great Britain and explain the major contributions of each during the 19th century.
Reading Assignment
Clayton Roberts, David Roberts, Douglas R. Bisson,  Chapter 22-23
 

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