Post-War reform movement

Question 1

What was the four main the radical movement decline by 1820?

Answer 1

• Improvement in trade
• The actions of the government
• Failure of the radical movement to attract broadly- based and consistent support
• The weakness of the radical movement itself

Question 2

What was a result of improved trade after 1820?

Answer 2

• lower unemployment and growing prosperity

Question 3

What was the reform movement largely dependent on?

Answer 3

on the distress of groups such as the handbook weavers and framework knitters for mass support

Question 4

How did Liverpool manage to silence radicalism?

Answer 4

-used repressive measures
- 1817 Habes Corpus
- 1817 Seditious meetings act
- 1819 Six Acts

Question 5

What happend to Hampden clubs?

Answer 5

Closed down and the movement was forced into more secret, conspiratorial channels

Question 6

What else did the government use?

Answer 6

Spies to infiltrate meetings

Question 7

Who else supported government policies?

Answer 7

Landowning and middle class

Question 8

Disagreement over the aims of movement

Answer 8

• Place and Benthamites in tune with middle class opinions household franchise
• Cobbett and Hunt same as above but changed to one man vote as movement began to attract support from w/c