History A-Level
increasing democracy
What increasing democracy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of increasing democracy
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Both leaders responded to the pressure for increasing democracy, notably through the 1867 Second Reform Act, which enfranchised the urban working class.
Topics that use increasing democracy
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Economy, society and politics, 1846–1885 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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