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Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928

  • 19 subtopics
  • 55 things to know
  • Paper 3
  • Paper 3 themes option, chosen from sixteen

What Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928 covers

A Paper 3 option combining aspects in breadth on the widening franchise, redistribution and the changing party system with aspects in depth on radical protest and Chartism, the campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts, the suffragettes, and the trade union agitation that ended in the General Strike.

Where it is assessed

Paper 3

Themes in breadth with aspects in depth, one option of sixteen.

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The 19 subtopics

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What did the Chartists demand?

Process

How did the WSPU pursue votes for women after 1908?

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What happened to Pitt the Younger's reform proposals?

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What triggered the Parliament Act 1911?

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What was the Newport Rising of 1839?

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Why was the Ladies' National Association significant?

Evaluation

Why did WSPU militancy increase after 1908?

Evaluation

Why did the 1913 Government Franchise Bill fail?

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What were the AEU and the TGWU?

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What was the state of the franchise around 1780?

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How large was the electorate by 1928?

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What was a 'rotten borough'?

Who and when

How did the crown and aristocracy influence elections around 1780?

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What were parties like around 1780?

Who and when

How did the 1832 Act change party organisation?

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What were the Spa Fields meetings of 1816?

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What were the Six Acts of 1819?

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What happened to the London Corresponding Society leaders in 1794?

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Why did the government fear radical societies in the 1790s?

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What did Cartwright and his network of clubs contribute?

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What did Cobbett and his twopenny paper contribute?

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What was Feargus O'Connor's role?

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Which groups supported Chartism most strongly?

Who and when

How did the growth of railways affect the government response?

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How many Chartists were imprisoned?

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Why were the Contagious Diseases Acts introduced?

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Why were the Contagious Diseases Acts repealed?

Who and when

How did the Acts affect working-class women generally?

Who and when

Did the Acts reduce venereal disease?

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What was Elizabeth Wolstenholme's role?

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Who founded the WSPU and when?

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What was Emily Davison's role?

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What was the Cat and Mouse Act?

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What caused the Glasgow rent strike?

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What were the roles of Ernest Bevin and J. H. Thomas?

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What was the Triple Alliance?

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What caused the General Strike of 1926?

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What was Red Friday?

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What was a pocket borough?

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What was 'economical reform' in the 1780s?

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What was the Birmingham caucus?

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What was the March of the Blanketeers in 1817?

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What was the outcome of the 1794 treason trials?

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What was Henry Hunt's role as a radical orator?

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What was the difference between 'moral force' and 'physical force' Chartism?

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What was the relationship between Chartism and the Anti-Poor Law movement?

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How were the Newport leaders treated?

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How widespread was venereal infection among soldiers and sailors?

Who and when

How did the Acts affect women's ability to leave prostitution?

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What was the Pontefract by-election of 1872?

Who and when

What tactics did the WSPU use?

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What were the roles of Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst?

Who and when

Why did Geoffrey Howard's 1909 adult suffrage bill fail despite passing its second reading?

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Who led the rent strike?

Who and when

What role did the media play?

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  1. 1

    What was the state of the franchise around 1780?

    Model answer

    A tiny, unequal electorate (roughly one in ten adult males), based on inconsistent property qualifications; representation did not reflect population, with rotten boroughs over-represented and new industrial towns unrepresented.

  2. 2

    What did the 1832 Representation of the People Act do?

    Model answer

    It disenfranchised 56 rotten boroughs, gave seats to industrial towns, and set a uniform borough franchise of £10 householders; the electorate rose from about 500,000 to about 800,000 (roughly one in five adult men).

  3. 3

    What did the 1884 Representation of the People Act do?

    Model answer

    It extended the household franchise to the counties, enfranchising agricultural labourers and miners; the electorate rose to about 5.5 million (roughly 60% of adult men).

  4. 4

    What did the 1918 Representation of the People Act do?

    Model answer

    It gave the vote to all men over 21 and to women over 30 who met a property qualification, tripling the electorate to about 21 million; women voted for the first time.

  5. 5

    What did the 1928 Equal Franchise Act do?

    Model answer

    It gave women the vote on the same terms as men – all those over 21 – achieving equal franchise.

  6. 6

    How many people could vote in 1780?

    Model answer

    Around 3 per cent of the adult population of England and Wales, on a chaotic variety of borough qualifications and the forty-shilling freehold in counties.

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What does Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain, c1780–1928 cover in Edexcel A-Level History?
19 subtopics: changes in the franchise, c1780–1928, reform and redistribution, c1780–1928, the influence of the crown and aristocracy, changes in political parties, c1780–1928, aims, tactics and impact of extra-parliamentary protest, government responses to radical protest, paine, cartwright, cobbett and hunt, chartism’s aims and actions, fluctuations in support for chartism, government responses to chartism, reasons why the contagious diseases acts were introduced, the acts’ impact on prostitutes and ordinary women, josephine butler and the contagious diseases acts, wspu organisation and tactics, emily davison and the pankhursts, government attitudes to female suffrage, shinwell, maxton, bevin and the glasgow strikes, union revival after the first world war and the general strike, 1926. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
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