Chartists Flashcards
What general aim did the Chartist movement have?
Political reform
How many points were on the charter?
6
Name the 6 points on the charter
Secret ballots MP’s-no property qualifications Vote for all adult males Payment for MP’s Equal constituencies(same no. of voters) General elections 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 of corruption and patronage
When was the Municipal Corporations Act?
1835
Give 2 reasons why the working class didn’t like the 1832 Reform Act?
Elite kept power
Vote to MC not WC
No secret ballot
When was the Poor Law Amendment Act?
1834
How did the Poor Law Amendment Act contribute to the creation of Chartism?
After opposition movement didn’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 1337-38, started the Northern Star newspaper and also became a Chartist leader?
Fergus O’Connor
How did the 1833 Factory Act contribute to the emergence of the Chartist movement?
1833 Factory Act didn’t bring enough change to the WC (industrial)
Who were transported to Australia when they pledged an illegal oath?
Tolpuddle Martyrs
How did the Gagging Acts of 1819 influence freedom of the press?
Newspapers had to pay a stamp duty to stop radical writers influencing the WC(about 3p->£1)
Which newspaper owner was imprisoned twice in the 1830s for defying the Gagging Acts?
Henry Hetherington
Which newspaper sold for 1p spite the 1819 Gagging Acts?
Poor Man’s Guardian
What act was passed in 1872 that had an impact on elections?
The Secret Ballot Act
Who wrote the Chartist song of the Lower Classes?
Ernest Jones
When was the poverty qualification discounted for MP’s?
1858
