Reading: Chartism

Reading: Chartism

by cao tu

​Chartism

​Chartism was a working class movement, which emerged in 1836 and was most active between 1838 and 1848. The aim of the Chartists was to gain political rights and influence for the working classes. Chartism got its name from the People's Charter, that listed the six main aims of the movement.

​The Chartist movement

​The Chartist movement was the first mass movement driven by the working classes. It grew following the failure of the 1832 Reform Act to extend the vote beyond those owning property.

​petition

​a document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or another authority

​discontent

​a feeling of not being satisfied with your situation or with the way you are being treated

​unrest

​disagreements or fighting between different groups of people

​decline

​reduce, decrease, fall

​rural urban

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​working class upper class

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​appalling (a)

​very bad

​charter

​a formal statement, esp. by a government or ruler, of the rights of a group organized for some purpose

​parliament

​in some countries, the group of (usually) elected politicians or other people who make the laws for their country

​universal suffrage (= the right of all adults to vote)

​attempt

​the act of trying to do something, especially something difficult

​reform

to make an improvement, especially by changing a person's behaviour or the structure of something​

​collapse

​fall down

​to champion

​to support, defend, or fight for a person, belief, right, or principle enthusiastically

​troop

​a group of soldiers, especially ones who fight in strong military vehicles or on horses

​merchant

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​assemble

​to come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group

​march

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​strike

​to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses

​disturbance

​violence or trouble

​to crush

​to defeat someone completely

reject​

​decline

​riot

​an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest

Multiple Choice

What are the people in the picture doing?

• they are celebrating

• they are on a holiday

• they are marching

Multiple Choice

Which word has different meaning?

• sastisfied

• please

• discontent

• happy

Multiple Choice

if something is in an appalling condition, it is____

• healthy

• clean

• good

• dirty

Multiple Choice

Who are the people in the picture?

• working-class

• upper class

• middle class

Multiple Choice

Which word means:"to come together in a single place or bring parts together in a single group"

• resemble

• assemble

• crush

• riot

Multiple Choice

What does" strike" mean?

• an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as a protest

• violence or trouble

• to refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

a person whose job is to buy and sell products in large amounts, especially by trading with other countries

• troop

• merchant

• champion

Multiple Choice

Which word is different from others?

• social unrest

• riots

• disturbance

• peace