Chapter 1 - The Political System 1851-1886

Question 1

Role of House of Lords in 19th Century

Answer 1

Full power to reject or amend any legislation coming from HofC
Could not interfere with financial matters
Peerages were hereditary
Could not be Chancellor of the Exchequer, but could take up other roles in government

Question 2

Types of constituency

Answer 2

Borough
County

Question 3

Property qualifications for types of constituency

Answer 3

Borough - £300
County - £600

Question 4

How much were MPs paid?

Answer 4

They were not paid

Question 5

Husting

Answer 5

A meeting before an election where candidate would make speeches

Question 6

Features of elections in 19th Century

Answer 6

Held every 7 years
Hustings done in public
Running elections was expensive - sometimes only one candidate
Some MPs rarely/never went to commons
Constituencies were a continuity from the Middle Ages (creation of rotten boroughs and industrial cities with no MP

Question 7

Rotten Borough

Answer 7

a constituency with a tiny population yet multiple MPs

Question 8

Peelites

Answer 8

A group of Conservatives who supported the PM Robert Peel over his repeal of the corn laws in 1846, causing a split in the party.

Question 9

Radicals

Answer 9

Free thinking middle class individuals who looked for a change in the social order and reform

Question 10

Whigs

Answer 10

Traditionally belonged to a group of powerful aristocratic families. Believed in a constitutional monarchy.

Question 11

Liberals

Answer 11

Mostly middle class businessmen who believed in individual libetry, free trade and press, freedom of religion and reform

Question 12

Tories

Answer 12

Traditionally aristocratic families who were supporters of the monarch and established institutions