Fact test 3 Flashcards
What split the tories into the cannigites and ultras?
Catholic emancipation
What enthused reformers and worried politicians ahead of the GRA?
A revolution in France in 1830
Who was editor of the Poor Man’s Guardian?
Hetherington, he did not support the GRA.
How many copies were sold of the Rights of man?
200,000 copies
Who wrote the rights of man?
Thomas Paine
What was the average number of executions in 1822 and 1805?
1822- 63
1905- 67
No real change
Before the GRA how many men could vote?
400,000 out of a population of nearly 14 million
What did the commutation act do?
Rose tax on imports
spirits (29%)
Wine (63%)
Tobacco (39%)
What did the treasury commission audit do?
1785- oversaw public expenditure as part of the national revival
What was the membership of the LCS
5,000 working class according to Hardy but this was exaggerated
How many troops were sent to deal with the Luddites in 1812?
12,000
What was re-introduced in the 1841 budget?
Income Tax at 7 pence in the pound
How many conservatives voted against the 1844 sugar bill?
62
What did the 1844 companies act do to investors?
Gave them more confidence
What was extended in the 1845 budget?
Income tax for three years
What did Peel call the ten hour movement?
an income tax on the poor
Which chartist leader believed in physical force?
Fergus O’conner
What did the 1834 Poor Law Amendment act do?
introduced workhouses and standardisation
The invention of the railway helped with what?
Made it easier to transport troops and protect against chartism.
What was the chartist newspaper called and what was its readership at its peak?
The Northern Star, 50,000
What did the Kennan long Telegram of Feb 1946 do to America?
Convinced them that communism was danger
When was the Yalta conference and who attended?
1945, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
When was the first USSR atomic bomb?
1949
What did the Prague spring lead to?
The Brezhnev Doctrine
