History A-Level
Franchise extension and electoral reform
What Franchise extension and electoral reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The expansion of democratic rights from the 1867 and 1884 Reform Acts, enfranchising working-class men, to the 1918 and 1928 Acts granting universal suffrage.
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