issue 1 britain

Question 1

line of arguement

Historians argue that democracy in Britain grew as a result of **popular agitation of political pressure groups. **

Answer 1

Historians argue that democracy in Britain grew as a result of **popular agitation of political pressure groups. **

Question 2

knowledge 1

Answer 2

Pressure groups helped to draw the attention of the government to the lack of democratic rights suffered by the working classes in the mid 19th century.

For example the National Reform league was established in 1865 to campaign for the secret ballot universal manhood suffrage and a fairer distribution of seats

Question 3

analysis 1

Answer 3

National Reform League attracted widespread support (65000 members by 1867) from the working classes putting pressure on the government to respond to their calls for democratisation.

Question 3

knowledge 2

Answer 3

furthermore, the Labour Movement was a significant pressure group that supported Keir Hardie in his election campaign to parliament in 1900. They campaigned for MPs to be payed .

Question 4

analysis 2

Answer 4

Labour Party was in a position to put pressure on the Liberal government to pass reforms which were beneficial to the working classes such as the 1911 Parliament Act which introduced MP’s pay.

Question 5

counter analysis

Answer 5

Women’s Suffrage Movement was less effective in the growth of democracy in relation to the Groups focussed on manhood suffrage in the late 19th century as argued by Historians such as Martin Pugh.