Chartism

Question 1

What campaign were many Chartists previously part of?

Answer 1

Anti-Poor Law Campaign

Question 2

Why did Karl Marx predict Britain would have a workers party?

Answer 2

Economic changes to factories produced a class of factory workers

Question 3

Who was the leader of the LWMA?

Answer 3

William Lovett

Question 4

Who was the leader of the Great Northern Union?

Answer 4

Fergus O’Connor

Question 5

Who was the leader of the Leicester Chartists?

Answer 5

Thomas Cooper

Question 6

Who was the most revolutionary Chartist leader?

Answer 6

George Harney

Question 7

Who was the Chartist leader known as the Schoolmaster?

Answer 7

Bronty O’Brian

Question 8

The national Chartist newspaper was called what?

Answer 8

Northern Star

Question 9

What act passed in 1835 had the same effect as the Factory Act?

Answer 9

Municipal Corporations Act

Question 10

The success of which was was an example to workers?

Answer 10

War of the Unstamped

Question 11

What years did the Chartists present their petitions?

Answer 11

• 1839
• 1842
• 1848

Question 12

Name two examples of Chartist violence.

Answer 12

• Plug Plots

- Newport Rising

Question 13

What was the Chartist parliament called?

Answer 13

The National Convention

Question 14

Why did this name frighten the British Government?

Answer 14

The French Revolutionaries gave their party the same name

Question 15

What was the name of the campaign in 1841 to move to peaceful moral force methods?

Answer 15

New Move

Question 16

Give four examples of the 1841 Chartist campaign.

Answer 16

• Teetotal
• Church
• Municipal
• Exclusive Dealings

Question 17

Why did O’Connor block the 1841 campaign?

Answer 17

It drew focus away from the main aim

Question 18

What does the NCA stand for?

Answer 18

National Charter Association

Question 19

Give three reasons for Chartism’s failure.

Answer 19

• Inter-Chartist Splits
• Leadership Problems
• Strong Government

Question 20

Give two reasons for arguing that Chartism was a worthwhile campaign.

Answer 20

• 5 of 6 points eventually passed

- Chartists kept going after Chartism stopped

Question 21

What was the name of O’Connor’s new venture in 1842?

Answer 21

Land Plan

Question 22

What did O’Connor’s 1842 venture suggest was the main reason for being a Chartist?

Answer 22

To become a farmer

Question 23

Why did Chartism appeal to women?

Answer 23

Social Reasons

Question 24

When was the Factory Act was passed that led some workers to want the vote?

Answer 24

1833