Britain 3: chartism and decline in demand for reform

Question 1

Reasons for chartism failure

List 4 factors

Answer 1

Divisions in leadership
Divisions in protest (violence)
Political organisations
Demands were too ambitious

Question 2

Divisions in leadership

Who led moral-force chartism?

Answer 2

William Lovett and Francis Place

Question 3

Divisions in leadership

Who led physical force chartism?

Answer 3

Feargus O’Connor

Question 4

Divisions in leadership

Where was christian chartism present?

Answer 4

In Scotland

Question 5

Divisions in protest (violence)

When were the Plug Riots?

Answer 5

1842

Question 6

Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people signed the first petition?

Answer 6

1.2 million

Question 7

Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people signed the second petition?

Answer 7

3.3 million

Question 8

Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people signed the 3rd petition?

Answer 8

5.7 million but only 2 million were real

Question 9

Divisions in protest (violence)

When were the chartist petitions?

Answer 9

1838, 1842, 1848

Question 10

Divisions in protest (violence)

When was the Newport Rising?

Answer 10

3rd and 4th November 1839

Question 11

Divisions in protest (violence)

How many people dead and wounded at the Newport Rising?

Answer 11

20 dead and 50 wounded

Question 12

Chartist Political Organisations

When and where was the National Charter Association?

Answer 12

1840, Manchester

Question 13

Chartist Political Organisations

How many branches did the NCA have in April 1842?

Answer 13

401 branches

Question 14

Chartist Political Organisations

Why did the NCA fail?

Question 15

Chartist Political Organisations

Who created the Complete Suffrage Union and when?

Answer 15

Joseph Sturge in 1842

Question 16

Chartist Political Organisations

How many branches did the CSU have in April 1842?

Answer 16

50 branches

Question 17

Chartist Political Organisations

Why did the CSU fail?

Answer 17

wouldn’t work with the Anti-Corn Law League

Question 18

Chartist Political Organisations

How many members did the NCA have at the start and at the end of 1842?

Answer 18

50,000 and then 70,000

Question 19

Demands were too ambitious

What suffrage did they want?

Answer 19

Universal suffrage for all men over 21

Question 20

Demands were too ambitious

What did they want for constituencies?

Answer 20

constituencies of equal size

Question 21

Demands were too ambitious

Why did they want annual parliament meetings?

Answer 21

To ensure MPs kept in touch with needs of constituencies

Question 22

Demands were too ambitious

What did they want MPs?

Answer 22

Pay MPs to enable them to focus on constituencies and give up their jobs

Question 23

In the Land Plan, how much was collected from how many subscribers?

Answer 23

£100,000 from 70,000 subscribers

Question 24

How many people actually got land in the Land Plan?

Answer 24

250

Question 25

Why was O'Connor investigated?

Answer 25

for financial irregularities in the Land Plan

Question 26

What was 'New Move'?

Answer 26

Lovett setting up schools for working class children

Question 27

Decline in reform before 1832 List factors

Answer 27

Fear of revolution The unreformed system Middle Class Govt actions Loyalism Protests

Question 28

Why would you say that the unreformed system would lead to a decline in reform demands?

Answer 28

The upper class benefited from the system, therefore didn't want it to change

Question 29

Why did the middle class cause a decline in reform demands?

Answer 29

Wanted to keep laissez-faire govt as it was good for trade. Middle class wanted to maintain their wealth and land so didn't want more voters to change laws

Question 30

Fear of Revolution How many members did the LCS claim to have in 1792?

Answer 30

5000

Question 31

Fear of Revolution How many copies did Paine's Rights of Man sell?

Answer 31

200,000

Question 32

Fear of Revolution When did William Cobbett begin republishing his leading article from the Weekly Political Register?

Answer 32

1816

Question 33

Fear of Revolution How much was the Weekly Political Register?

Answer 33

2d = affordable

Question 34

Government Actions What did Newspaper and Stamp Duties Act do?

Answer 34

introduced a 4d duty o n newspapers = more expensive

Question 35

Government Actions When did the govt create the Seditious Meetings Act?

Answer 35

December 1795

Question 36

Government Actions What did the Seditious Meetings Act do?

Answer 36

ban meetings of over 50 people

Question 37

Government Actions When and what did the Combinations Act do?

Answer 37

1799 and 1800 = banned trade unions

Question 38

Government Actions What did it mean when Habeas Corpus was suspended?

Answer 38

political prisoners could be held indefinitley

Question 39

Government Actions When was Habeas Corpus suspended?

Answer 39

1794

Question 40

Government Actions What did the 1815 Corn Laws guarantee?

Answer 40

A price of 80 shillings a quarter tonne before foreign grain was allowed to enter the market

Question 41

Government Actions What triggered the govt to pass the Six Acts?

Answer 41

The Peterloo Massacre

Question 42

Government Actions What could happen to the meeting places of radical meetings?

Answer 42

The pub license could be taken away

Question 43

Government Actions What did the Alien Section and Secret Service do?

Answer 43

Infiltrate radical societies such as the LCS

Question 44

Government Actions When was the Alien Section and Secret Service established?

Answer 44

1793

Question 45

Government Actions What did they do to prominent radical Thomas Muir?

Answer 45

charged him with sedition and sentenced him to 14 years transport

Question 46

Government Actions What did they charge reverend Thomas Palmer with?

Answer 46

encouraged people to read the Rights of Man

Question 47

Loyalism When did 'Church and King' clubs establish in Birmingham and Manchester?

Answer 47

Brum = 1791 Manchester = 1792

Question 48

Loyalism By what year were there 1000s of loyalist groups?

Answer 48

1793

Question 49

Loyalism What did the APLP stand for?

Answer 49

Association for Preserving Liberty and Property Against Republicans and Levellers

Question 50

Loyalism When and by who was the APLP created?

Answer 50

1792 by John Reeves

Question 51

Loyalism How many branches did the APLP have?

Answer 51

2000

Question 52

Protests How many people attended the first of 3 meetings at the Spa Fields Riots?

Answer 52

20,000

Question 53

Protests How many people gathered to listen to Henry Hunt and when?

Answer 53

60,000 in 1819

Question 54

Protests How many people were killed and how many wounded at the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 54

11 killed, 400-600 wounded

Question 55

Protests In what year did the March of the Blanketeers set off?

Answer 55

1817

Question 56

Protests How many people started the March of the Blanketeers, but how many people made it to Stockport?

Answer 56

4500 started, 300 made it