Chartist knowledge organiser

Question 1

Great Reform Act …

Answer 1

1832

Question 2

GRA created … new constituencies in …

Answer 2

67
industrial towns

Question 3

GRA = … of total pop. registered to vote, compared to … in …

Answer 3

5.8%
17%
Baden, Germany

Question 4

GRA = … property qualification & no …

Answer 4

£10
secret ballot

Question 5

William … and … - largely wc, established … to pursue further political reform

Answer 5

Lovett
London Working Men’s Association (LWMA)
1936

Question 6

Thomas … and … - established … to campaign for wc suffrage, argued GRA ‘betrayal’

Answer 6

Attwood
Birmingham Political Union (BPU)
1829

Question 7

Feargus … and … - wc organisation in North campaigning for …

Answer 7

O’Connor
Great Northern Union
‘Five Cardinal Points of Radicalism’

Question 8

People’s Charter demanded: (6 things)

Answer 8

universal manhood suffrage
secret ballot
annual parliaments
equal electoral districts
abolition of property qualifications for MPs
payment for MPs

Question 9

trade depression in … & poor harvests

Answer 9

1837

Question 10

Newport Rising … = … miners & ironworkers marched from tows and villages in South Wales to …

Answer 10

1839
nearly 10,000
Newport in Monmouthshire

Question 11

men, women & children worked … shifts during 1820s -> … formed across …

Answer 11

15/16
Ten Hour movement & Short Time Committees
Lancashire & Yorkshire

Question 12

Factory Act … prevented children under … being employed

Answer 12

1833
9

Question 13

Factory Act limited working hours of children aged … to …, adults still required to work …

Answer 13

9-18
12 hours
5:40am - 8:30pm

Question 14

Anti-Poor Law campaign led by Chartists in …

Answer 14

1834

Question 15

… by Henry … priced at penny, sold … copies a week, readership of … a week in …

Answer 15

Poor Man’s Guardian
Hetherington
15,000
~160,000
1838

Question 16

(radical press) … imprisoned twice but kept publishing, joined by … established as foremost theorist of wc radicalism

Answer 16

Hetherington
James ‘Bronterre’ O’Brien

Question 17

in … tax lowered so newspapers sold for …

Answer 17

1836
1.5d

Question 18

Metropolitan Police Act … - … men

Answer 18

1829
1,000

Question 19

Rural Police Act … - own police force for counties & boroughs

Answer 19

1839

Question 20

Newport Uprising … - local gov ordered to be firm with Chartists (add info), criticised for slow response

Answer 20

1839

Question 21

Plug Plot riots … - police & army go to trouble spots e.g. Yorkshire in …, … arrested & leaders sent to … for …

Answer 21

1842
1839
100s
Australia
7 years

Question 22

1839-40 … Chartist leaders arrested

Answer 22

500

Question 23

development of the electric telegraph …

Answer 23

1840s

Question 24

Kennington Common …

Answer 24

1848

Question 25

waves of railway mania ... and ... led to creation of network covering ... by ...

Answer 25

1836-38 1844-46 5,000 1850

Question 26

Bull Ring riots ... = authorities able to respond v quickly, sent ... Met Police Officers to ... in a few hours

Answer 26

1839 60 Birmingham

Question 27

... Major General Sir ... placed in charge of ... troops in ... counties in Northern District (fact check)

Answer 27

?? Charles Napier 4,000 11

Question 28

Major General Napier = member of ..., divided force into 3 by industrial centres, largest division ... men in ...

Answer 28

Bath Working Men's Association 2,800 South Lancashire

Question 29

National Convention ...

Answer 29

1839

Question 30

Feargus O'Connor formed ... in ... -> established ... branches & ... paying members

Answer 30

National Chartist Association (NCA) ?? 400 more than 70,000

Question 31

O'Connor newspaper = ...

Answer 31

Northern Star

Question 32

O'Connor's 'Land Plan' = only ... families ever settled under scheme, only ... remained in possession of land by ...

Answer 32

250 46 1851

Question 33

... = education & moral force, wrote ... and formed ...

Answer 33

William Lovett 'Chartism: a new organisation for the people' 1839 National Association Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People

Question 34

... string of good harvests & revival in trade

Answer 34

1842

Question 35

... introduced reforms - Factory Act ... improved previous legislation & placed limitations on working hours, Poor Law Act ... repealed Poor Law Commission & Corn Laws repealed ...

Answer 35

Sir Robert Peel 1844 1847 1846

Question 36

women = ... of signatures on ... petition & initially involved in fundraising activities e.g. ...

Answer 36

1/3 1839 Chartist Sunday Schools, making banners & leaflets

Question 37

Chartists involved in unions e.g. ...

Answer 37

General Tailors' Trade Protection Society Miners' Association of GB I (MAGBI)

Question 38

National Chartist Convention (1839) = ... out of ... didn't list lack of the vote as a grievance

Answer 38

21 23

Question 39

London Working Men's Association (4 things)

Answer 39

founded by Lovett focused on skilled workers emphasis on education, self-improvement criticised for being too moderate

Question 40

Birmingham Political Union (3 things)

Answer 40

formed by Thomas Attwood, part of Great Reform Act relaunched in 1837 because of economic depression support from wc due to radicalism

Question 41

Great Northern Union

Answer 41

founded by Feargus O'Connor in 1835, great orator who travelled the north of England & drummed up radical support in 1837 started 'Northern Star' = most popular provincial newspaper in country

Question 42

formation of Chartism: meeting in ... in ... of ... radicals that LMWA & BPU allied behind ...

Answer 42

Glasgow 1838 over 200,000 People's Charter

Question 43

National Convention ..., Chartist Petition ... signatures

Answer 43

1839 1.3mil

Question 44

gov. rejected People's Charter in ... by ..., Convention dissolved ...

Answer 44

July 1839 235 votes to 46 Sep 1839

Question 45

Newport Rising ... = ... miners & ironworkers, authorities shot Chartists & ... died

Answer 45

1839 10,000 22

Question 46

Second Chartist Petition ... collected ... signatures = ... of adult pop.

Answer 46

1842 3mil 1/3

Question 47

Third Chartist Petition ... -> meeting at Kennington Commmon, only ... out of planned ... showed, & parliamentary committee declared ... of ... signatures genuine

Answer 47

1848 25,000 200,000 less than 2mil 5mil