Post on 18-Jan-2016
Reform and Activism
Discussion
What are some of the social problems we have in society today?
How do we help solve these social problems?
Victorian Age
Named after Queen Victoria
Came to power in 1837 at 18 years old
Queen for almost 64 years
Reached height of wealth and power during her reign
Reforms
Suffrage
By 1890 most countries had universal male suffrage What does that mean?
Between 1880-1914 women’s suffrage gains momentum Through peaceful protests
Organizations (WSPU)
Didn’t get right to vote until after WWI
Australia/New Zealand Claimed by James Cook in
1769/1770
Maori people = New Zealand
Aborigines = Australia (longest ongoing culture in the world)
Australia ruled as a Penal Colony
Place where they send convicts Why do you think they would do
this?
Didn’t want to overcrowd prisons
After release prisoners could buy land and settle
U.S. Prison Facts
United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, it houses around 22 percent of the world's prisoners
Imprisonment of America's 2.3 million prisoners, costing $24,000 per inmate per year, and $5.1 billion in new prison construction, consumes $60.3 billion in budget expenditures.
U.S. Prison Facts
In the twenty-five years since the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, the United States penal population rose from around 300,000 to more than two million.
Discussion
What should we do to make sure we don’t over populate our prisons?
Should we implement the death penalty more often and in all 50 states?
Should we make penalties less severe for drug abuse? What could be the downside to that?
Australia
Free Settlers Arrive in Australia
Bring sheep
Wool becomes biggest export
British government offered land in Australia to encourage settlement
1851= Gold rush= Increase population
New Zealand
Settlement grew more slowly
Christians from Australia go to N.Z
Created conflict
Treaty in 1840 signed
Maori accepted British rule but got to keep land
Natives excluded from Gov.
Disease killed natives
Wars killed both Maori and Aborigines
Irish Independence Occupied by British since
1100’s
The Great Famine
1840’s fungus ruined potatoes
1 million people died from starvation and disease
1.5 million left to the U.S. and other countries
Lost land/debt
Not until 1949 did it gain full independence
Assignment
Choose 2 of 19th century innovations
Create a poster
Include 4-5 pictures
Needs to be colored
Include 4 facts about each innovation. (8 total)
Starts on pg 762-766
*Take your time and make it nice. You are graded on your effort not how well you draw.