Chartism Flashcards
What general aim did the chartist movement have?
Political reform
How many points were on the charter?
6
Name the points on the charter
Secret ballot, MPs have no property qualification, vote for all adult males, payment for MPs, each parliamentary constituency should have roughly the same number of voters, general elections held once a year
Which point has not been enacted to this day?
Yearly elections
What was the Municipal Corporations Act?
Changed voting rights in local town councils to avoid charges of corruptions and patronage
When was the Municipal Corporation’s Act?
1835
Give 2 reasons why the working class didn’t like the Reform Act 1832?
Elite kept power, vote to middle class not working class, no secret ballot
When was the Poor Law Amendment Act?
1834
How did the Poor Law Amendment Act contribute to the creation of chartism?
After opposition movement didn’t get very far many went over to chartism and brought their skills with them
Which radical figure figure was active in the Anti-Poor Law campaign 1837-8, started the Northern Star newspaper and also became a chartist leader?
Fergus O’Connor
How did the Factory Act of 1833 contribute to the emergence of the chartist movement?
FA of 1833 didn’t have enough to bring change to working class industrial workers
Who were transported to Australia when they pledged an illegal oath?
Tolpuddle Martyrs
How did the Gagging Acts of 1819 influence freedom of the press?
Newspapers had to pay a stamp duty to stop radical writers influencing the working class
Which newspaper owner was imprisoned twice in the 1830s for defying the Gagging Acts?
Henry Hetherington
Which newspaper sold for one penny despite the Gagging Acts of 1819?
Poor Man’s Guardian
