Booklet 2

Question 1

What are 4 causes of the 1832 reform act?

Answer 1

Unreformed political system
Economic unrest and riots
Growth/demands of middle class
Actions of Tories/Whigs

Question 2

Why did new towns such as Birmingham/Manchester suffer?

Answer 2

There were no MP’s so they weren’t represented

Question 3

Complete the sentence:

‘Over ___ boroughs had fewer than ____ voters but were only represented by ___ MP’s.

Answer 3

50
40
2

Question 4

What percentage of the population could vote by 1831?

Answer 4

5%

Question 5

How many men had the right to vote?

Answer 5

400,000 out of 13.89 million.

Question 6

What is meant by the term ‘lambs’?

Answer 6

Group of large thugs who intimidated/kidnapped voters to persuade them to vote for a certain party.

Question 7

How much was the national debt?

Answer 7

£902 million

Question 8

What year was income tax abolished?

Answer 8

1816

Question 9

What year were The Corn Laws introduced?

Answer 9

1815

Question 10

How much was a bushel?

Answer 10

10 shillings

Question 11

How many counties did the Swing Riots spread too?

Answer 11

20

Question 12

What percentage of Britons were under the age of 15 by 1821?

Answer 12

48%

Question 13

What did the seizure of the arms act do?

Answer 13

Gave the power to search for and seize arms.

Question 14

what did the abolition of income tax do?

Answer 14

put indirect tax on popular items such as sugar and bear.

Question 15

What did the corn laws do?

Answer 15

Maintained landowners profits whilst making grain for customers (WC) more expensive.

Question 16

Why did Chartism fail?

Answer 16

Political organisations
Use of violence
Petitions
Other areas of activity

Question 17

What was the new move?

Answer 17

Created by John Collins and William Lovett- it stressed links between chartism and education.

Question 18

How many people received automents during the Land plan?

Answer 18

250 despite £100,000 being collected by 70,00 subscribers.

Question 19

What happened to O’connor?

Answer 19

He was arrested which meant that chartism lost a lot of support and it presented them in a bad light.

Question 20

When was the NCA created?

Answer 20

July 1840 in Manchester

Question 21

How many branches of the NCA were there by April 1842?

Answer 21

401

Question 22

How many members did the NCA have by April 1842?

Answer 22

50,000

Question 23

Why did the NCA fail?

Answer 23

Divide in the group- some people disagreed with O’conner, some people supported him
Lack of money/resources
Targeted the wrong group as MC already have the vote.

Question 24

When was the CSU formed and what was it?

Answer 24

1842

Complete suffrage union that wanted to control wages to ensure that landowners wouldn’t reduce wages.

Question 25

When was the CSU abolished?

Answer 25

1842- same year it was formed

Question 26

Why did the CSU fail?

Answer 26

Constantly attacked by Fergus O'connor- put people off joining- lack of support Frequent issues with campaigns and ideas.

Question 27

When was the Newport Rising?

Answer 27

1839 | It began because living and working conditions were terrible in South Wales (center of industrialisation)

Question 28

What happened between the 3rd and 4th of November?

Answer 28

Thousands of armed iron workers marched to Newport where Chartists were being held prisioners.

Question 29

How many people were killed by soldiers in the newport rising?

Answer 29

20

Question 30

How many people were wounded during the newport rising?

Answer 30

50

Question 31

Why did the newport riots fail?

Answer 31

The leaders were arrested which put a hold on campaigns | Violence made chartists seem immature and people were too scared to join-lost support

Question 32

When were The Plug Riots?

Answer 32

1842

Question 33

What happened during The Plug Riots?

Answer 33

500,000 workers went on strike across Staffordshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and York. Workers removed plugs from factory boilers making them useless.

Question 34

How many chartists did Peel arrest?

Answer 34

1000

Question 35

What did Thomas Attwood create?

Answer 35

A petition based on the ideas of the People's charters

Question 36

When did Attwood create this petition?

Answer 36

1838

Question 37

How many signatures did this petition have by 1839?

Answer 37

12 million

Question 38

How many votes did Parliament reject Attwood's petition by?

Answer 38

235 to 46

Question 39

What happened with regards to the petition in 1848?

Answer 39

Found that only 2 million out of the 5.7 million signatures were real- angered the public as they were made out to be liars.

Question 40

How many seats went to counties and how many seats went to Boroughs during the 1867 reform act?

Answer 40

25 seats to counties | 20 to Boroughs

Question 41

What happened to the voting system after the 1867 reform act?

Answer 41

In Boroughs- all male households could vote as long as they had a land worth £10 In counties- all male households could vote as long as they had a land worth £5

Question 42

How much did voting population increase to after the 1867 reform act?

Answer 42

1/3 of all adult males.

Question 43

How many more voters were there after the 1867 reform act?

Answer 43

1 million

Question 44

How much did the size of electorate rise after the 1832 reform act?

Answer 44

From 366,00 to 650,00.

Question 45

What changed with the Middle Class after the 1835 municipal corporations act?

Answer 45

Became more involved with politics and were represented more by authorative figures and had the right vote.

Question 46

What were the 6 different types of Boroughs?

Answer 46

1) Rotten 2) Pocket 3) Scot and lot 4) Potwalloper 5) Corporation 6) Freeman

Question 47

What fraction of the elections were uncontested?

Answer 47

2/3

Question 48

How many MP's did Lancashire and Cornwall have by 1831?

Answer 48

Lancashire- 14 to support a population of 1.3 million | Cornwall-42 to support a population of 300,000

Question 49

What are the most significant causes of the 1867 reform act?

Answer 49

Population changes The two party system Early attempt to extend the franchise American civil war

Question 50

How much did population rise by from 1821 to 1861?

Answer 50

24 million to 31 million

Question 51

How much was poor relief by 1817? What did this mean?

Answer 51

£8 million Poor people wouldn't work as hard for the middle class, angering the middle class leading to a demand in reform.