Fact Test 2 - Chartism 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
- No property qualification for MPs
- Vote for all adult males
- Payment for MPs
- Equal-sized constituencies
- Yearly elections
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 ofcorruption and patronage.
When was the Municipal Corporations Act?
1835
Give 2 reasons why the working class did not like the Reform Act of 1832.
Elites kept power, vote to middle class not to working class.
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 1837-8, started the Northern Star newspaperand also became a Chartist leader?
Fergus O’Connor
How did the Factory Act of 1833 contribute to the emergence of the Chartist movement?
Factory Act of 1833 did not do enough to bring change to working class industrial workers.
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 working class.
Which newspaper owner was imprisoned twice in the 1830s for defying the Gagging Acts?
Henry Hetherington
Which newspaper sold for one penny despite the Gagging Acts of 1819?
Poor Man’s Guardian
