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

Fluctuations in support for Chartism

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Recall questions on which groups supported it, the link with trade depressions, middle-class attitudes, regional variation, the Land Plan, and women's participation.

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Key term

What was Feargus O'Connor's role?

Key term

Which groups supported Chartism most strongly?

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

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  1. 1

    What was Feargus O'Connor's role?

    Model answer

    The leading physical-force Chartist, editor of the Northern Star newspaper and promoter of the Chartist Land Plan.

  2. 2

    Which groups supported Chartism most strongly?

    Model answer

    Handloom weavers, framework knitters and other declining trades, together with factory workers in the north and midlands and some skilled London artisans.

  3. 3

    How did economic conditions affect Chartist support?

    Model answer

    Support peaked in the depressions of 1839, 1842 and 1848 and fell away in the better years between, which suggests hunger drove it as much as principle.

  4. 4

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

    Model answer

    Chartism absorbed the northern anti-Poor Law agitation after 1838, taking its leaders, meetings and much of its support.

  5. 5

    Why did middle-class support for Chartism remain limited?

    Model answer

    Property owners feared that universal suffrage meant attacks on property, and the Anti-Corn Law League offered a more congenial reform cause.

  6. 6

    What was the Complete Suffrage Union?

    Model answer

    Joseph Sturge's 1842 attempt to unite middle-class and Chartist reformers, which failed when Chartists insisted on keeping the name and the Charter.

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