Unit 3 1800- Present day uprsings

Question 1

Who did 100,000 working class people go to see in 1819?

Answer 1

Henry Hunt

Question 2

Who arrived while Henry Hunt was talking?

Answer 2

Cavalry

Question 3

How many people were injured and killed in the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 3

Over 600 injured and 15 killed

Question 4

What was wrong with the voting system the the early 1800’s?

Answer 4

No secret ballot
MPs weren’t evenly spread out
People could be bribed for their votes

Question 5

Which party wanted reform in 1832?

Answer 5

The Whigs

Question 6

What is the house of commons?

Answer 6

A group of elected MPs who debated and made new laws

Question 7

What is the House of Lords?

Answer 7

A group of unelected who debated new laws made by the House of Commons

Question 8

How many times did Earl Grey try to pass the Great Reform Act through the House of Lords?

Answer 8

Three times

Question 9

How did Earl Grey finally get the Great Reform Act through the House of Lords?

Answer 9

He asked King William IV to replace the Tory Lords with Whig lords

Question 10

What were the 5 main acts of the Great Reform Act?

Answer 10

56 very small towns lost their MP
30 small towns lost one MP
Large towns and cities gained MPs
People who earned £150 a year could vote
Voters increased from 235,000 to 652,000

Question 11

Why didn’t the working class like the Great Reform Act?

Answer 11

They didn’t like the Great Reform Act as it didn’t give them the vote as they only earned around £50 a year

Question 12

What proportion of people could vote in 1832?

Answer 12

1 in 7

Question 13

What 6 things did the Chartists want?

Answer 13

1. Secret ballots
2. Wages for MPs
3. Votes for all men
4. Equal sized constituencies
5. An election every year
6. No property qualifications to be able to vote

Question 14

Who led the chartists first?

Answer 14

William Lovett

Question 15

Who led the chartists after William Lovett?

Answer 15

Feargus O’Connor

Question 16

What did William Lovett believe in?

Answer 16

Peaceful methods of protesting

Question 17

What did Feargus O’Connor believe in?

Answer 17

Violent methods of protesting

Question 18

How did the Chartists fail in the short term?

Answer 18

Strong parliamentary opposition
Divided leadership of Lovett and O’Connor
None of their demands were met when they were disbanded

Question 19

How did the Chartists succeed in the long term?

Answer 19

5 out of 6 of their aims were achieved in the next 50 yrs
Secret ballot was the biggest reform in the 19th century
Inspired other movements

Question 20

Who led the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

Answer 20

George Loveless

Question 21

Who were the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

Answer 21

A group of six who campaigned for better pay in the countryside They did this by starting a union to landowners

Question 22

Why did the landowners not have to listen the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

Answer 22

The landowners could just get rid of the Martyrs as there were lots of people trying to get jobs in the countryside

Question 23

What were the challenges of living in the countryside?

Answer 23

You were only paid 6 shillings a week

Question 24

Why were the Tolpuddle Martyrs arrested?

Answer 24

The Tolpuddle Martyrs were arrested because they made a secret oath which was illegal

Question 25

How were the Tolpuddle Martyrs punished?

Answer 25

The Tolpuddle Martyrs were sent to Australia for 7 years of hard labour

Question 26

How did the public react to the Tolpuddle Martyrs?

Answer 26

The public reacted by campaigning for the return of the Tolpuddle Martyrs until they came home on 11th March 1836

Question 27

What movement did William Wilberforce lead?

Answer 27

The Anti-Slavery movement

Question 28

What did the Abolition act of 1833 do?

Answer 28

Freed all slaves under 6 and promised freedom to all slaves in the next four years

Question 29

How was slave resistance important in the abolition movement?

Answer 29

Put pressure on the land owners to release the slaves from captivity

Question 30

How old were children that worked with machines?

Answer 30

As young as 4 years old

Question 31

Who made the most change in the factories?

Answer 31

Robert Owen

Question 32

How did Robert Owen change the factories?

Answer 32

He made factory owners give children 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation and 8 hours rest

Question 33

How were the factory and mine acts significant?

Answer 33

These acts made it so that children worked shorter hours in the factories and weren’t allowed in the mines

Question 34

What were the corn laws?

Answer 34

Tariffs that made imported food and grain more expensive

Question 35

Was the anti-corn law league successful?

Answer 35

Yes as the corn laws were repealed in 1846 and the price of corn fell so the normal population could afford it again