Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

A-level History - Protest, agitation, and parliamentary reform > Chartist knowledge organiser > Flashcards

Chartist knowledge organiser Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® World History flashcards AP® U.S. History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards AP® European History flashcards World History 101 flashcards European History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

Great Reform Act …

A

1832

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

GRA created … new constituencies in …

A

67
industrial towns

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

GRA = … of total pop. registered to vote, compared to … in …

A

5.8%
17%
Baden, Germany

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

GRA = … property qualification & no …

A

£10
secret ballot

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

William … and … - largely wc, established … to pursue further political reform

A

Lovett
London Working Men’s Association (LWMA)
1936

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Thomas … and … - established … to campaign for wc suffrage, argued GRA ‘betrayal’

A

Attwood
Birmingham Political Union (BPU)
1829

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Feargus … and … - wc organisation in North campaigning for …

A

O’Connor
Great Northern Union
‘Five Cardinal Points of Radicalism’

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

People’s Charter demanded: (6 things)

A

universal manhood suffrage
secret ballot
annual parliaments
equal electoral districts
abolition of property qualifications for MPs
payment for MPs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

trade depression in … & poor harvests

A

1837

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Newport Rising … = … miners & ironworkers marched from tows and villages in South Wales to …

A

1839
nearly 10,000
Newport in Monmouthshire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

men, women & children worked … shifts during 1820s -> … formed across …

A

15/16
Ten Hour movement & Short Time Committees
Lancashire & Yorkshire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Factory Act … prevented children under … being employed

A

1833
9

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Factory Act limited working hours of children aged … to …, adults still required to work …

A

9-18
12 hours
5:40am - 8:30pm

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Anti-Poor Law campaign led by Chartists in …

A

1834

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

… by Henry … priced at penny, sold … copies a week, readership of … a week in …

A

Poor Man’s Guardian
Hetherington
15,000
~160,000
1838

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

(radical press) … imprisoned twice but kept publishing, joined by … established as foremost theorist of wc radicalism

A

Hetherington
James ‘Bronterre’ O’Brien

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

in … tax lowered so newspapers sold for …

A

1836
1.5d

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Metropolitan Police Act … - … men

A

1829
1,000

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Rural Police Act … - own police force for counties & boroughs

A

1839

20
Q

Newport Uprising … - local gov ordered to be firm with Chartists (add info), criticised for slow response

A

1839

21
Q

Plug Plot riots … - police & army go to trouble spots e.g. Yorkshire in …, … arrested & leaders sent to … for …

A

1842
1839
100s
Australia
7 years

22
Q

1839-40 … Chartist leaders arrested

A

500

23
Q

development of the electric telegraph …

A

1840s

24
Q

Kennington Common …

A

1848

25
Q

waves of railway mania … and … led to creation of network covering … by …

A

1836-38
1844-46
5,000
1850

26
Q

Bull Ring riots … = authorities able to respond v quickly, sent … Met Police Officers to … in a few hours

A

1839
60
Birmingham

27
Q

… Major General Sir … placed in charge of … troops in … counties in Northern District (fact check)

A

??
Charles Napier
4,000
11

28
Q

Major General Napier = member of …, divided force into 3 by industrial centres, largest division … men in …

A

Bath Working Men’s Association
2,800
South Lancashire

29
Q

National Convention …

A

1839

30
Q

Feargus O’Connor formed … in … -> established … branches & … paying members

A

National Chartist Association (NCA)
??
400
more than 70,000

31
Q

O’Connor newspaper = …

A

Northern Star

32
Q

O’Connor’s ‘Land Plan’ = only … families ever settled under scheme, only … remained in possession of land by …

A

250
46
1851

33
Q

… = education & moral force, wrote … and formed …

A

William Lovett
‘Chartism: a new organisation for the people’ 1839
National Association Promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People

34
Q

… string of good harvests & revival in trade

A

1842

35
Q

… introduced reforms - Factory Act … improved previous legislation & placed limitations on working hours, Poor Law Act … repealed Poor Law Commission & Corn Laws repealed …

A

Sir Robert Peel
1844
1847
1846

36
Q

women = … of signatures on … petition & initially involved in fundraising activities e.g. …

A

1/3
1839
Chartist Sunday Schools, making banners & leaflets

37
Q

Chartists involved in unions e.g. …

A

General Tailors’ Trade Protection Society
Miners’ Association of GB
I (MAGBI)

38
Q

National Chartist Convention (1839) = … out of … didn’t list lack of the vote as a grievance

A

21
23

39
Q

London Working Men’s Association (4 things)

A

founded by Lovett
focused on skilled workers
emphasis on education, self-improvement
criticised for being too moderate

40
Q

Birmingham Political Union (3 things)

A

formed by Thomas Attwood, part of Great Reform Act
relaunched in 1837 because of economic depression
support from wc due to radicalism

41
Q

Great Northern Union

A

founded by Feargus O’Connor in 1835, great orator who travelled the north of England & drummed up radical support
in 1837 started ‘Northern Star’ = most popular provincial newspaper in country

42
Q

formation of Chartism: meeting in … in … of … radicals that LMWA & BPU allied behind …

A

Glasgow
1838
over 200,000
People’s Charter

43
Q

National Convention …, Chartist Petition … signatures

A

1839
1.3mil

44
Q

gov. rejected People’s Charter in … by …, Convention dissolved …

A

July 1839
235 votes to 46
Sep 1839

45
Q

Newport Rising … = … miners & ironworkers, authorities shot Chartists & … died

A

1839
10,000
22

46
Q

Second Chartist Petition … collected … signatures = … of adult pop.

A

1842
3mil
1/3

47
Q

Third Chartist Petition … -> meeting at Kennington Commmon, only … out of planned … showed, & parliamentary committee declared … of … signatures genuine

A

1848
25,000
200,000
less than 2mil
5mil

A-level History - Protest, agitation, and parliamentary reform (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions