Impact of 1832 Reform Act

Question 1

How many boroughs in England and Wales were disenfranchised as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 1

56

Question 2

How many boroughs lost 1 of their 2 MPs as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 2

30

Question 3

How many extra seats did Scotland receive as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 3

8

Question 4

How many extra seats did Ireland receive as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

What happened to the counties as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 5

Vote was given to adult males owning copyhold land worth £10/year or rented land worth £50/year as well as the 40 shilling freeholders

Question 6

How was the vote extended in the boroughs as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

Answer 6

Vote was given to all adult males owning or renting property worth £10/year

Question 7

What other reform measure in 1832 became important to the development of the party system?

Answer 7

Voter registration

Question 8

How large was the electorate after 1832?

Answer 8

650,000

Question 9

What percentage of the population could vote after 1832?

Answer 9

18%

Question 10

After 1832 how many MPs came from the south of England compared with the north?

Answer 10

370 in the south while 120 in the north

Question 11

Apart from Earl Grey, who as Home Secretary was responsible for the 1832 Reform Act?

Answer 11

Lord Russell

Question 12

How many new boroughs were created as a result of the 1832 Reform Act? Give one example.

Answer 12

42, Birmingham with 2 MPs

Question 13

Why did the landed gentry still dominate despite the 1832 Reform Act? Give 2 reasons.

Answer 13

Redistribution of seats to the counties from some rotten boroughs, voting sill in public so bribery and corruption continued, class composition of Commons did not alter

Question 14

Which class of people gained from the 1832 Reform Act?

Answer 14

Middle-class

Question 15

Which class of people were still disenfranchised from the 1832 Reform Act?

Answer 15

Working/labouring classes

Question 16

What were the ‘Days of May’?

Answer 16

Government crisis May 1832 e.g. middle-class withdraw money, Grey’s resignation Wellington unable to form a government, threat to create 50 peers

Question 17

Why didn’t people register as voters after 1832?

Answer 17

Cost a shilling to register and many didn’t want to pay

Question 18

After the failure of the working-class to gain the vote in 1832 what movement were they concerned with in the short-term?

Answer 18

Anti-Poor Law League

Question 19

After the failure of the working-class to gain the vote in 1832 what movement were they concerned with in the long-term?

Answer 19

Chartism

Question 20

What movement did middle-class people become associated with after gaining the vote in 1832?

Answer 20

Anti-Corn Law movement