HCHS Britain: A LEVEL UNIT 1 - parliamentary reform

Question 1

Which Prime Minister resigned in 1827 after 15 years in power?

Answer 1

Lord Liverpool

Question 2

Who set up the Birmingham Political Union and how many people attended an average rally?

Answer 2

Thomas Atwood and 100,000

Question 3

In the Great Reform Act, how much did land have to be worth or rented to earn the right to vote?

Answer 3

£10 and £50

Question 4

Who became Prime Minister in 1828 and proved to be terrible at the job?

Answer 4

Duke of Wellington

Question 5

What was the population and number of MPs Cornwall had in 1831?

Answer 5

300,000 and 42.

Question 6

Which organisation was set up in 1864 to extend the franchise to male ratepayers?

Answer 6

National Reform Union

Question 7

Which law made bread prices expensive and when was it passed?

Answer 7

Corn Laws, 1815

Question 8

From 1830-66, how many cabinet MPs were middle class?

Answer 8

14

Question 9

Name a radical society before 1800

Answer 9

London Corresponding Society and Sheffield Society for Constitutional Information

Question 10

Name two of Peel’s reforms and the years they occurred.

Answer 10

Mines Act (1842), Factory Act (1844), Railway Act (1844), Companies Act (1844) , Repeal of the Corn Law (1846)

Question 11

When was Peterloo and who was speaking at the event?

Answer 11

1819 and Henry Hunt

Question 12

Which Liberal leader failed to pass the 1867 Reform Act?

Answer 12

Gladstone

Question 13

Which borough allowed men to vote with a large fireplace?

Answer 13

Potwalloper

Question 14

In which years were the three Chartist petitions?

Answer 14

1839, 1842, 1848

Question 15

Name one reactionary law passed by Pitt following the French Revolution

Answer 15

Habeas Corpus suspended, Two Acts and Combination Acts

Question 16

Which act changed the way town councils were run and made them more accountable

Answer 16

Municipal Corporations Act, 1835

Question 17

When was the first French Revolution?

Answer 17

1789

Question 18

What event forced the House of Lords to accept the Great Reform Act?

Answer 18

Days of May

Question 19

Who published the Weekly Political Register from 1816?

Answer 19

William Cobbett

Question 20

When was the Newport Rising and how many Chartists were killed?

Answer 20

1839 and 20

Question 21

What was the population and number of MPs Lancashire had in 1831?

Answer 21

1.3million and 14

Question 22

Which organisation set up in 1864 wanted to give the vote to all males?

Answer 22

Reform League

Question 23

Who wrote ‘The Rights of Man’ and how many copies had been sold by 1793?

Answer 23

Paine and 200,000

Question 24

Which new king invited Earl Grey to become Prime Minister in 1830?

Answer 24

William IV

Question 25

Which Tory MP pushed through the 1867 Reform Act?

Answer 25

Benjamin Disraeli

Question 26

Which borough had a landowner who owned all of the land and buildings in the constituency?

Answer 26

Pocket

Question 27

Which ‘riot’ planned to assassinate Lord Liverpool and when?

Answer 27

Cato Street Conspiracy, 1820

Question 28

How many people could vote following the 1867 Reform Act?

Answer 28

2.46 million

Question 29

How big was Britain’s population by 1821?

Answer 29

14.1 million

Question 30

How big was the electorate following the Great Reform Act?

Answer 30

650,000