The right to vote

Question 1

Which 19th century act greatly increased the number of people who had the right to vote?

Answer 1

The Reform Act of 1832

Question 2

Were members of the working class able to vote in 1832?

Answer 2

No - voting was still based on ownership of property

Question 3

What did the Reform Act of 1832 abolish?

Answer 3

Old pocket and rotten boroughs

Question 4

What type of shift of political power did the Reform Act of 1832 establish?

Answer 4

A shift from countryside to towns

More parliamentary seats were given to towns/cities

Question 5

Which movement lobbied parliament for working class men and men without property to have a vote?

Answer 5

The Chartists

Question 6

What changes resulted from the Reform Act of 1867?

Answer 6

More urban seats in Parliament

Reduced amount of property required to be eligible to vote

Question 7

In what year did wives gain the right to keep their own earnings and property?

Answer 7

1870

Question 8

Which Acts of Parliament gave wives the right to keep their own earnings and property?

Answer 8

1870 and 1882

Question 9

What is the name of the women’s movement that campaigned for the right to vote?

Answer 9

The women’s suffrage movement

Later known as “Suffragettes”