Voting in France and the Colonies

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Course Outline

  1. Voting and Electoral Systems
  2. Regimes and Political Leaders
  3. Revolutionary, Reformist, and Conservative People
  4. Expanding the French Electorate
  5. Voting as a Social Process
  6. Electoral Behavior and Professional Politics
  7. Colonial Voting Before 1914
  8. Colonial Citizenship and Suffrage

Key Dates

  1. 5 March 1848France organized universal male suffrage for men aged at least 21.
  2. 14 July 1865The Sénatus-consulte allowed an Algerian Muslim to acquire French citizenship by relinquishing Muslim personal status.
  3. 24 October 1870The Crémieux Decree granted French citizenship to Jews in Algeria.
  4. 28 June 1881The indigénat regime was established in Algeria and maintained colonial subordination without granting political equality.
  5. 4 February 1919The Jonnart Law introduced individual naturalization in Algeria while leaving Muslim personal status in place.

1. Voting and Electoral Systems

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. What does a vote produce by counting individual choices?

2. In a political system, what makes a procedure an election?

3. Which description captures the range of possible forms of suffrage?

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What does a vote produce by counting individual choices?

A collective choice.

What procedure designates rulers through voting?

An election.

Which dimensions can describe suffrage?

Restricted or universal, male or female, censitary or capacitary, and direct or indirect.

In which years did the French Second Republic last?

1848–1852.

In which years did the French Second Empire last?

1852–1870.

In which years did the French Third Republic last?

1870–1940.

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