Democracy And Participation

Question 1

What are traditional forms of political participation?

Answer 1

.Voting in elections
.Joining a political party
.Joining a pressure group
.Standing in an election
.Writing letters to MPs and candidates
.Going on strike
.Going on a march

Question 2

What are recent forms of political participation?

Answer 2

.Signing e-petitions
.Interacting with politics on social media
.Organising and participating in protests via social media
.Boycotting goods and businesses

Question 3

What was the turnout for the police commissioner elections in 2016?

Answer 3

27%

Question 4

What was the turnout for the Scottish independence referendum?

Answer 4

85%

Question 5

What year was the great reform act and what did it accomplish?

Answer 5

1832
Increased the voting population to 5.6% and abolished rotten boroughs

Question 6

What were rotten boroughs?

Answer 6

Constituencies that had very few voters but elected 2 MPs

Question 7

What year was the second reform act and what did it accomplish?

Answer 7

1867
It increased the electorate to roughly one third of men

Question 8

When was the third reform act and what did it accomplish?

Answer 8

1884
Established a uniform franchise between rural areas and cities aswell as increasing the electorate to all property owning men

Question 9

When was the representation of the people act passed and what did it accomplish?

Answer 9

1918
All men over 21 (19 for veterans) could vote aswell as women over 30 who met the property requirement

Question 10

When was the second representation of the people act and what did it accomplish?

Answer 10

1928
Women had equal voting rights to men and property qualifications were removed

Question 11

When was the third representation of the people act and what did it accomplish?

Answer 11

1969
Lowered the voting age to 18

Question 12

Who were the first main pressure group advocating for voting rights?

Answer 12

The chartists

Question 13

What did the chartists want?

Answer 13

.The vote for all men
.Voting to be done by secret ballot
.Yearly parliamentary elections
.Equally sized constituencies
.MPs should be paid
.The property qualification for the vote should be abolished

Question 14

Which 2 groups advocated for women to get the vote?

Answer 14

The Suffragists and Suffragettes

Question 15

Who led the suffragettes?

Answer 15

Emmeline Pankhurst