The Chartists Flashcards
- What general aim did the Chartist movement have?
Political reform
- How many points were on the Charter?
6
- Name the points on the Charter. 6 marks
secret ballots,mps= no property qualification, vote for all adultmales, Payment for Members of Parliament, Each parliamentary constituency should have roughly the samenumber of voters, General elections to be held once a year.
- Which point has not been enacted to this day?
Yearly parliaments
- What was the Municipal Corporations Act? ?
Changed voting rights in local town councils to avoid charges ofcorruption and patronage
- When was the Municipal Corporations Act?
1835
- Give 2 reasons why the working-class not like the Reform Act 1832? 2 marks
Elite kept power, vote to m-c notw-c, no secret ballot,etc
- When was the Poor Law Amendment Act?
1834
- How did the Poor Law Amendment Act contribute to the creation of Chartism?
After opposition movementdidn’t get very far many went over to Chartism and brought their skills with them
- Which radical figure was active in the Anti-Poor Law campaign 1837-8, started the Northern Star newspaperand also became a Chartist leader?
Fergus O’Connor
- How did the Factory Act of 1833 contribute to the emergence of the Chartist movement?
FA of 1833 did notdo enough to bring change to w-c industrial workers
- Who were transported to Australia when they pledged an illegal oath?
TolpuddleMartyrs
- How did the Gagging Acts of 1819 influence freedom of the press?
Newspapers had to pay a stamp duty tostop radical writers influencing the w-class, about 3p = to £1 today
- Which newspaper owner was imprisoned twice in the 1830s for defying the Gagging Acts?
HenryHetherington
- Which newspaper sold for one penny despite the Gagging Acts of 1819?
Poor Man’s Guardian
