Chapter 15

Question 1

How many years transportation did the tolpuddle martyrs get?

Answer 1

7 years

Question 2

When was the plug plot

Answer 2

1842

Question 3

When was the first charter rejected

Answer 3

1839

Question 4

How many died in the Newport rising?

Answer 4

20

Question 5

How many members of the national charter association?

Answer 5

50,000

Question 6

How many signatures in the 3rd charter in 1847?

Answer 6

5 million but 50% fake

Question 7

What did Fergus O Connor create

Answer 7

The northern star

Question 8

When was the coercian act with Lord Russell

Answer 8

1833

Question 9

When did Young Ireland emerge and what did they want?

Answer 9

1848 and the repeal of the act of union

Question 10

When was the recession

Answer 10

1837

Question 11

When did peel extend the poor law

Answer 11

1842

Question 12

Who was head of the anti corn law league

Answer 12

Richard Cobden and John bright

Question 13

When was Cobden made an MP for Stockport and bought 40Shilling worth of houses?

Answer 13

1845

Question 14

Why did McCord and Perdue say the anti corn law league was more successful than the chartists

Answer 14

They had more money