Chartism

Question 1

When was the passage of the Great Reform Act?

Answer 1

1832

Question 2

When was the Poor Law Amendment Act passed?

Answer 2

1834

Question 3

When was the London Working Men’s Association established?

Answer 3

1836

Question 4

When was the first People’s Charter published?

Answer 4

1838

Question 5

In what year was the rising in Newport?

Answer 5

1839

Question 6

When was the second Chartist petition presented to Parliament?

Answer 6

1842

Question 7

What 6 points were in the People’s Charter?

Answer 7

• Equal representation
• Universal manhood suffrage for those over 21 years old
• Annual Parliaments
• Removal of property qualifications for MPs
• Secret ballot
• Payment of MPs

Question 8

What is hunger politics?

Answer 8

Economic hardship means people can’t afford to feed their family which causes them to protest

Question 9

When was the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 9

1819

Question 10

How many signatures did the third Charter get?

Answer 10

5million but it was claimed that less than half were genuine

Question 11

What was the Land Plan and who started it?

Answer 11

• An opportunity to give working class people their own land in a rural community
• Feargus O’Connor

Question 12

What caused the Newport Rising to fail?

Answer 12

• Disorganisation (arriving at different times, not meeting where they were supposed to)
• Soldiers waiting for them

Question 13

How many people signed the first Charter in 1839?

Answer 13

1,280,958

Question 14

Who founded the London Working Men’s Association?

Answer 14

William Lovett