Great Reform Act

Question 1

Give two arguments for the old system.

Answer 1

• Kept the balance between the Parliamentary houses and the crown
• Landowners owned the land so they should run the country

Question 2

When did the Whigs come to power?

Answer 2

1830

Question 3

Why were the Tories split at the time?

Answer 3

Catholic Emancipation

Question 4

How many people could vote prior to reform?

Answer 4

400,000

Question 5

What was a Pocket Borough?

Answer 5

The landowner controlled the candidate

Question 6

What was a Scot and Lot Borough?

Answer 6

Any wage owner could vote

Question 7

What was a Potwalloper Borough

Answer 7

Anyone with a permanent address could vote

Question 8

A famous example of a Rotten is what?

Answer 8

Old Saram

Question 9

How many MPs did each county have?

Answer 9

Two

Question 10

Why were some elections not contested?

Answer 10

The was only one candidate or no one lived there

Question 11

What was the technical term used for ‘one man one vote’?

Answer 11

Manhood Suffrage

Question 12

Name the rural riots that broke out in 1830.

Answer 12

Swing Riots

Question 13

What was the name of the knew king?

Answer 13

William IV

Question 14

Name the party leader who drew up for the first reform bill.

Answer 14

Earl Grey

Question 15

Name the main pressure group which supported the bill.

Answer 15

Birmingham Political Union (BPU)

Question 16

Name the leader of the BPU.

Answer 16

Thomas Attwood

Question 17

Who was the main speaker against the bill?

Answer 17

Robert Peel

Question 18

Why did the first bill fail?

Answer 18

It lost at the Commons

Question 19

What did the government do when the first bill failed?

Answer 19

They held an election to win a majority in the Commons

Question 20

Why did the send bill fail?

Answer 20

It lost at the Lords

Question 21

Why did the Whigs resign after the third bill fail?

Answer 21

The King wouldn’t back them against the House of Lords

Question 22

Name two cities outside London that saw riots.

Answer 22

• Bristol

- Nottingham

Question 23

Who failed to become Primse Minister after the Whig resignation?

Answer 23

Duke Wellington

Question 24

Which males in towns now had the vote?

Answer 24

Property owners of £10 per annum

Question 25

Which males in the countryside now had the vote?

Answer 25

• Property owners of £2 per annum

- Land owners of £50 per annum

Question 26

Which part of England was over-represented?

Answer 26

South

Question 27

Which sort of cities were over-represented?

Answer 27

Old, decaying, agricultural cities

Question 28

Who organised a threat to weaken the banking system if the Whigs weren’t returned to government?

Answer 28

Francis Place

Question 29

In which month did this happen?

Answer 29

May