Second Reform Act 1867

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:allows more working-class men to vote
gptkbp:controversy the House of Commons
several years before passing
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:criticism among political elites
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:enactedBy 15 August 1867
gptkbp:followedBy Representation of the People Act 1884
gptkbp:franchise urban working class men
gptkbp:has the working class
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Second Reform Act 1867
gptkbp:impact boroughs and counties
on_British_democracy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:the_American_Civil_War
economic pressures
the suffrage movement
the rise of trade unions
Chartist movement
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Benjamin_Disraeli
gptkbp:is_a the Representation of the People Act 1918
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for British_electoral_politics
gptkbp:is_a_source_of to increase voter representation
gptkbp:is_essential_for the electoral system
full suffrage for men
gptkbp:is_part_of universal suffrage
19th-century reform movements
a series of electoral reforms
the_Victorian_era_reforms
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:keyEvent British_political_history
the_expansion_of_democracy_in_Britain
gptkbp:led_to further reforms in the 19th century
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:the_Conservative_Party
in electoral reform
gptkbp:mandates registration of voters
gptkbp:movement political equality
gptkbp:notable_event the_history_of_British_suffrage.
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:requires for voting
gptkbp:resultedIn greater political participation
gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of new political parties
gptkbp:voterTurnout from 1.1 million to 2.5 million
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for between reformers and conservatives
future reforms in voting rights
gptkbp:was_a_response_to industrialization
social and economic changes
the changing social landscape
greater democracy
the Chartist petitions
the demands of the middle class
gptkbp:was_a_result_of the_Disraeli_government
gptkbp:year 1867