History - British politics

Question 1

What is a constituency?

Answer 1

An area in a country which is represented by an MP (e.g Cheltenham)

Question 2

What were the two main parties in the 18th and 19th century?

Answer 2

Whigs and Tories

Question 3

How often did elections happen?

Answer 3

At least once every 7 years

Question 4

What is a rotten borough?

Answer 4

A borough where a small population lives on land owned by a local landowner. The people there were bribed to vote for the person the landowner wanted and they would often sell their vote to the highest bidder.

Question 5

What is democracy?

Answer 5

A type of government where the power rests in the people (usually through MPs)

Question 6

When was the war against France?

Answer 6

1795-1815

Question 7

What did the war against France cause?

Answer 7

Rise in unemployment and taxes

Question 8

What percentage of men could vote in 1819?

Answer 8

2%

Question 9

When was the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 9

16th August 1819

Question 10

Where was the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 10

St Petersfield, Manchester

Question 11

What was the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 11

It was a peaceful protest for universal suffrage gone wrong. There were 60,000 men, women, and children there. The local police got scared it would turn into a revolution. They brutally attacked anyone in their path.

Question 12

Who led the protest leading to the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 12

Henry Hunt

Question 13

What happened as a result of the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 13

Henry Hunt was jailed for 2 years. 600 were injured, 15 were killed.

Question 14

When was the original version of the Great Reform Act approved?

Answer 14

1832

Question 15

Who were the Chartists?

Answer 15

They were a group of protesters who wanted the six points of the people’s charter.

Question 16

Name the six points of the people’s charter

Answer 16

1. All men 21+ can vote
2. Secret ballot
3. You don’t need to own property to be an MP
4. Anyone can be an MP and MPs are paid
5. Equal constituencies (equal amount of representation)
6. Annual parliamentary elections

Question 17

What were the two groups fighting for women’s suffrage called?

Answer 17

The Suffragettes and the Suffragists

Question 18

When did Mary Richardson damage the Rokeby Venus?

Answer 18

10th March 1914

Question 19

What painting did Mary Richardson damage in august 1914?

Answer 19

The Rokeby Venus

Question 20

Name one leading figure from the Suffragettes

Answer 20

Emmeline Pankhurst

Question 21

Name one leading figure from the Suffragists

Answer 21

Millicent Fawcett

Question 22

What are some of the things Suffragettes did for their campaign?

Answer 22

Got arrested on purpose, smashed windows, set fire to post boxes, cut telephone wires, destroyed artwork, went on hunger strikes in prison, bombed churches.

Question 23

What are some of the things Suffragists did for their campaign?

Answer 23

Lobbying, debates, meetings with parliament members, wrote letters and appeals.

Question 24

What was the Suffragettes motto?

Answer 24

Deeds not words

Question 25

What were the suffragists compared to?

Answer 25

An iceberg/glacier - slow but powerful.

Question 26

Name 2 things women did to help the war effort.

Answer 26

Worked in ammunition factories, joined the land army, became nurses, took almost all jobs that men previously held, persuaded men to go to war, joined women’s navy, army and air force.

Question 27

When was the Representation of the People Act first introduced?

Answer 27

1918 (gave all men over 21 and most women over 30 the right to vote)

Question 28

When were all men and women over 21 given the right to vote (even without property)?

Answer 28

1928

Question 29

When was the WSPU established?

Answer 29

October 1903

Question 30

What does WSPU stand for?

Answer 30

Women’s social and political union

Question 31

When did British government begin to think about electoral reforms because of soldiers limitations on voting?

Answer 31

1915

Question 32

When did the suffragists begin to reason that war effort was reliant on women and they should be rewarded with the vote?

Answer 32

1916