Britain 3: Comparisons of 1832 and 1867 Acts

Question 1

Causes of reform for 1832

In 1831, how many people could vote out of a population of what?

Answer 1

400,000 out of 13.89 million

Question 2

Causes of reform for 1832

How many boroughs had less than 40 voters?

Answer 2

50 boroughs

Question 3

Causes of reform for 1867

What % of the male population could still only vote?

Answer 3

18%

Question 4

Causes of reform for 1867

What did you have to have an income of to be an MP?

Answer 4

£600

Question 5

Violence before 1832

When were the Swing riots?

Answer 5

1830

Question 6

Violence before 1832

How many counties did the Swing Riots spread to?

Answer 6

20 counties

Question 7

Violence before 1832

What was the Cato Street Conspiracy?

Answer 7

attempts to kill Lord Liverpool’s cabinet

Question 8

Violence before 1867

When were the Hyde Park Riots?

Answer 8

1866

Question 9

Violence before 1867

How many people attended the Hyde Park Riots?

Answer 9

200,000

Question 10

Pressure within parliament 1832

When did Lord Liverpool resign and who replaced him?

Answer 10

1827, replaced by Duke of Wellington as PM

Question 11

Pressure within parliament 1832

Which Whig leader announced moderate reform and when?

Answer 11

Lord Grey in November 1830

Question 12

Pressure within parliament 1867

When did Disraeli’s bills get presented to parliament?

Answer 12

Feb-Aug 1867

Question 13

Pressure within parliament 1867

What did Gladstone announce?

Answer 13

It was a scandal that only 1/10 working class had the vote

Question 14

Peaceful organisations before 1832

What did the BPU want?

Answer 14

middle class suffrage

Question 15

Peaceful organisations before 1832

How were the 100 unions spread?

Answer 15

1/3 in North, 1/3 in Midlands

Question 16

Peaceful organisations before 1867

List the 3 groups

Answer 16

National Reform Union, Reform League, Anti-Corn Law League

Question 17

Great Reform Act 1832

How many boroughs were disenfranchised?

Answer 17

56

Question 18

Great Reform Act 1832

How many new boroughs were created?

Answer 18

42

Question 19

Great Reform Act 1832

How many new seats were given to Wales and Ireland?

Answer 19

5 new seats

Question 20

Great Reform Act 1832

What value did you have to own land to vote?

Answer 20

£10

Question 21

Great Reform Act 1832

Polling was limited to how many days?

Answer 21

2 days

Question 22

Great Reform Act 1832

What did the electorate rise from and to?

Answer 22

366,000 to 650,000

Question 23

Great Reform Act 1832

Voting was public up until when?

Answer 23

1872

Question 24

Great Reform Act 1832

In Leeds, only how many people were qualified to vote?

Answer 24

5000

Question 25

Great Reform Act 1867 How many boroughs were disenfranchised?

Answer 25

7

Question 26

Great Reform Act 1867 How many new voters were added to the electorate?

Answer 26

1 million

Question 27

Great Reform Act 1867 How many voters overall now?

Answer 27

2.46 million

Question 28

Great Reform Act 1867 What did Gladstone do?

Answer 28

Toured the country giving speeches on voting

Question 29

Great Reform Act 1867 In boroughs, the residency clause demanding occupancy for at least a year discriminated against how many of the working class?

Answer 29

30%