Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0927 short lesson, about 20 seconds
February 1848: The Second Republic and Universal Manhood Suffrage
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The idea
In February eighteen forty-eight Louis-Philippe's crackdown on reform banquets met barricades; soldiers killed protesters, the king fled, and a provisional government of liberals and socialists proclaimed a republic with elections without property restrictions. Women were excluded everywhere.
In practice
The witness: the Second Republic proclaimed, the July Monarchy ended.
Where people slip
Universal manhood suffrage, the first in Europe since seventeen ninety-two.
Your place on the trail
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