Campaigning for the Vote

Question 1

What did the Chartists want?

Answer 1

They demanded 6 reforms. Annual elections, secret ballots, payment for MPs, all men over 21 years old could vote, no property qualifications, each MP represented an equal amount of people.

Question 2

What was the Great Reform Act? When was it passed?

Answer 2

In 1832. It allowed middle-class men to vote, increasing the percentage of people that could vote from 2% to 3%. It also legally banned women from voting (before, women rarely voted, but it happened).

Question 3

Give the 5Ws of the Battle of Peterloo.

Answer 3

When- August 1819.
Where- St. Peter’s Field, Manchester.
Who- Henry Hunt -> wanted reformation
What- Landowners signed a warrant to arrest Hunt. 15 people died.
Why- Hunt wanted power for everyone, but the landowners wanted it for themselves.

Question 4

Who were the Suffraggists?

Answer 4

Led by Millicent Fawcett, they campaigned peacefully. Her goal was “to show the world how to gain reforms without killing people and blowing up buildings”.

Question 5

Were the NUWSS associated with the Suffragettes or the Suffragists?

Answer 5

The Suffragists (to remember, the N = not violent)

Question 6

Were the WSPU associated with the Suffragettes or the Suffragists?

Answer 6

The Suffragettes (to help you remember, the W = was violent)

Question 7

Name an advantage and a disadvantage of tge