The Growth of Parliamentary Democracy: Consequences of The Great Reform Act Flashcards

1
Q

How many boroughs were disenfranchised?

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56

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2
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How many boroughs lost on of their two MPs?

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30

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3
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How many new boroughs were formed?

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42

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4
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How many extra seats did Scotland and Ireland get?

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8 & 5 respectively

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5
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In the counties votes were given to…

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Adult males who owned land worth £10 a year or rented land worth £50 a year, as well as 40 shilling freeholder

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6
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In the boroughs….

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Votes made uniform and given to men who owned/rented property over £10 and had been there more than a year, and hadn’t had poor relief. Not inherited.

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7
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All voters…

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Had to register

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8
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New electorate was mainly made up of…..

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Middle Class business owners

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9
Q

The number of seats favored…

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The counties

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10
Q

Were 366,000 voters, increased to…

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650,000 (18% of the adult male population)

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11
Q

The working class were…

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Still disenfranchised

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12
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By extending the franchise to middle classes, the aristocracy…

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Destroyed any possibility of an alliance with the working class. Links instead were strong with propertied interests.

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13
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Corruption after the 1832 was still widespread, for example…

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Henry Hunt lost his seat in the first GE after GRA, to a Tory-Whig alliance of two wealthy families in Preston, and William Gladstone was elected MP in Newark thanks to the Duke of Newcastle’s intimidation of the constituency

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14
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As a result of a larger electorate, the parties…

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Needed to encourage people to vote

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15
Q

The Tory Party set up…. to encourage votes

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The Carlton Club

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16
Q

The Whig Party established…. to encourage voters

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The Reform Club

17
Q

In local government…

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Party activists emerged to encourage voters

18
Q

The 1835 Municipal Corporation Act…

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Dissolved current local councils and introduced elected councils, which any male ratepayer could vote for

19
Q

After 1832, political parties ideologies…

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Became clearer, and the parties more polarised, establishing the rise of the two party system

20
Q

The parties became more responsive to the electorate after 1832, and passed lots of social and economic acts, such as…

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The Poor Law Act passed in 1834

21
Q

Although Chartism was initially considered a failure, it did…

A

Keep radical ideas alive