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Britain, c1785–c1870: Democracy, Protest and Reform

Pressure for change and reform, 1820–52

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Recall questions on Peterloo and the Six Acts, post-war distress, why the Whigs took up reform, what the 1832 Act did, and why working men felt betrayed.

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Why did the 1848 Chartist demonstration mark a decline of the movement?

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What economic distress fuelled pressure for reform after 1815?

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  1. 1

    What did the Great Reform Act of 1832 do to the boroughs?

    Model answer

    It disenfranchised many rotten and pocket boroughs and redistributed seats to large industrial towns and populous counties.

  2. 2

    How did the 1832 Reform Act change the franchise?

    Model answer

    It standardised borough voting on a £10 householder qualification and extended the county franchise, raising the electorate to around one in five adult men.

  3. 3

    Who was the Whig Prime Minister who carried the 1832 Reform Act?

    Model answer

    Earl Grey.

  4. 4

    Why did many working men feel betrayed by the 1832 Act?

    Model answer

    Because its property qualifications still excluded the working classes, who had supported reform expecting the vote.

  5. 5

    How did Chartism express working-class discontent?

    Model answer

    Through mass meetings, petitions to Parliament (1839, 1842, 1848) and a newspaper, the Northern Star, demanding political rights.

  6. 6

    Why did the 1848 Chartist demonstration mark a decline of the movement?

    Model answer

    The Kennington Common meeting was contained by authorities and the third petition was ridiculed for forged signatures, sapping Chartist momentum.

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