British_Democratic_State_as_of_1914

British Democratic State as of 1914 How democratic a country was Britain as of 1914' During the late 19th and early 20th Century, several acts were passed by Parliament in an effort to make Britain more democratic. However, whether Britain was completely democratic by 1914 is an issue for debate. In order to decide how democratic Britain was we must first establish what a democracy is. The nine major factors which make a system democratic involve providing a secret ballot to ensure privacy, holding regular elections to make sure it is the government wanted by the people who are in power. A democratic system has universal suffrage and similarly anyone can stand for election, making sure everyone has their say in who represents them. Persons in charge should be elected representatives of the people and the government should be by majority. Everyone should have freedom of speech and protection in law as basic human rights. These are the factors that constitute a democracy, but how many of these were fulfilled in 1! 914' In 1884 the Franchise Act was passed. This meant the voting population was up to six million. It does not bring universal suffrage but two thirds of all males in Britain were now eligible vote, act, democratic, democracy, 1914, people, one, britain, reform, voting, third, suffrage, secret, over, major, house, freedom, election, ballot, universal, undemocratic, taken, system, step, speech, should, reforms, practices, population, passed, now, meant, make, however, government, first, everyone, eligible, elected, country, corrupt, completely, brought, 1911, 1883, work, women, way, wage, votes, violence