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Impact of 1832 Reform Act Flashcards

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How many boroughs in England and Wales were disenfranchised as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

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56

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How many boroughs lost 1 of their 2 MPs as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

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30

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How many extra seats did Scotland receive as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

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8

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How many extra seats did Ireland receive as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

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5

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What happened to the counties as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

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Vote was given to adult males owning copyhold land worth £10/year or rented land worth £50/year as well as the 40 shilling freeholders

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How was the vote extended in the boroughs as a result of the Reform Act 1832?

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Vote was given to all adult males owning or renting property worth £10/year

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What other reform measure in 1832 became important to the development of the party system?

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Voter registration

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8
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How large was the electorate after 1832?

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650,000

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9
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What percentage of the population could vote after 1832?

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18%

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After 1832 how many MPs came from the south of England compared with the north?

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370 in the south while 120 in the north

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Apart from Earl Grey, who as Home Secretary was responsible for the 1832 Reform Act?

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Lord Russell

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How many new boroughs were created as a result of the 1832 Reform Act? Give one example.

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42, Birmingham with 2 MPs

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Why did the landed gentry still dominate despite the 1832 Reform Act? Give 2 reasons.

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Redistribution of seats to the counties from some rotten boroughs, voting sill in public so bribery and corruption continued, class composition of Commons did not alter

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Which class of people gained from the 1832 Reform Act?

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Middle-class

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Which class of people were still disenfranchised from the 1832 Reform Act?

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Working/labouring classes

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What were the ‘Days of May’?

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Government crisis May 1832 e.g. middle-class withdraw money, Grey’s resignation Wellington unable to form a government, threat to create 50 peers

17
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Why didn’t people register as voters after 1832?

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Cost a shilling to register and many didn’t want to pay

18
Q

After the failure of the working-class to gain the vote in 1832 what movement were they concerned with in the short-term?

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Anti-Poor Law League

19
Q

After the failure of the working-class to gain the vote in 1832 what movement were they concerned with in the long-term?

A

Chartism

20
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What movement did middle-class people become associated with after gaining the vote in 1832?

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Anti-Corn Law movement

21
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How much did the electorate increase?

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366,000 to 650,000 - 18% of adult male population

22
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What was clarified in the statute?

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Voting had to be restricted to men only

23
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What did voters have to do?

A

Register

24
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What happened to previously unrepresented towns/cities?

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Now represented e.g. Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds

25
Q

What happened to the nation states?

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. More represented
. Scotland got 8 extra seats
. Ireland got 5 extra seats
. Still proportionately fewer voters than in England

26
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Borough vs county gains

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County seats gains outnumbered borough seats

27
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Who were the majority of new voters in the counties?

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Tenant farmers

28
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Who were the majority of new voters in the boroughs?

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Shop keepers and clerks

29
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And did boroughs and counties remain?

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Distant from each other

30
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What did county seats increase from?

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From 92 to 159

31
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In counties who got the vote regarding land ownership?

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. Males owning freehold property worth £2/year
. Males owning copyhold land worth £10/year
. Males renting land worth £50/year

32
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Borough vote regarding property

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Now uniform for adult males owning/renting property worth £10/year provided not in receipt of poor relief and up to date with taxes

33
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What did 1832 not introduce?

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A secret ballot

34
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What was it harder to do and why?

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Bribe people due to the bigger electorate

35
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Who did 1832 negatively impact?

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Women - some lost the right to vote

36
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What type of borough was remove and what did this mean?

A

Potwolloper - some workers lost the vote

A-Level History: Britain 1785-1870 (19 decks)

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