Chartist leaders

Question 1

name 2 of the founders of the LWMA

Answer 1

henry hetherington, william lovett

Question 2

When was the LWMA formed?

Answer 2

1836

Question 3

when William Lovett was imprisoned what did he do?

Answer 3

wrote “Chartism: A New Organisation of The People”

Question 4

what was William Lovett imprisoned for?

Answer 4

chartist disturbances

Question 5

what role did Henry Hetherington have in the LWMA

Answer 5

one of the founders, treasurer

Question 6

what was Henry Hetherington’s job

Answer 6

publisher/writer etc

Question 7

why did Henry Hetherington go to prison?

Answer 7

refused to pay stamp duty on his newspaper - “the poor man’s guardian”

Question 8

when was the Poor Man’s Guardian (Henry Hetherington) first published

Answer 8

1831

Question 9

by 1833, how many copies were being sold of the Poor Man’s Guardian

Answer 9

22,000 weekly

Question 10

who was Fergus O’Connor

Answer 10

irish MP

Question 11

what happened for Fergus O’Connor to start uprisings?

Answer 11

he was unseated in 1835, which caused him to turn to agitation (still pressing Irish grievances)

Question 12

why did Fergus O’Connor spend a year in prison?

Answer 12

seditious libel

Question 13

what did Fergus O’Connor do in 1837

Answer 13

first published the Northern Star journal

Question 14

what happened to William Cuffay?

Answer 14

transported to Australia for allegedly planning an uprising against the government

Question 15

what did William Cuffay do in 1839

Answer 15

helped form the Metropolitan Tailor’s Association (after he lost his job when the union went on strike)

Question 16

what did William Cuffay do in 1842

Answer 16

he was elected to National Executive of the National Chartist Association

Question 17

what did William Cuffay do in 1848?

Answer 17

at the Chartist convention, he was chosen to be one of the three London delegates

Question 18

James Bronterre O’Brien’s role in the media

Answer 18

editor of the Poor Man’s Guardian and worked on the Northern Star

Question 19

what did James Bronterre O’Brien do in 1850?

Answer 19

was a joint founder of the National Reform League

Question 20

what did James Bronterre O’Brien do in his later life?

Answer 20

wrote political poetry

Question 21

who did George Julian Harney have a career with?

Answer 21

Henry Hetherington selling political pamphlets

Question 22

by the time he was 19, how many prison sentences had George Julian Harney had?

Answer 22

3

Question 23

in 1837, what was George Julian Harney a founding member of?

Answer 23

ELDA (East London Delegates Association)

Question 24

how was the ELDA more radical than the LWMA?

Answer 24

the LWMA limited its membership to well-off artisans, whereas the ELDA was mainly impoverished weavers

Question 25

in 1838, George Julian Harney addressed a crowd of 70,000 saying what?

Answer 25

arms would win them the charter, not petitions

Question 26

what book did George Julian Harney write

Answer 26

The Chartist Challenge

Question 27

what was Thomas Cooper’s job?

Answer 27

writer

Question 28

what did Thomas Cooper write?

Answer 28

political epic - “Purgatory of Suicides” showing the principles of chartism

Question 29

when was the “purgatory of suicides” (TC) written?

Answer 29

1845

Question 30

what was Thomas Cooper imprisoned for in 1843?

Answer 30

seditious libel

Question 31

how did chartism affect Thomas Cooper’s job?

Answer 31

was a journalist for 5 years until his embrace of chartism led to his dismissal