Chartism

Which of Robert Owen's ideas had failed to unify working men into effective organisations in 1835?

• Grand National Consolidated Trade Union

• National Trade Union of Workers

• Trade Union Consolidation

• National Union of Consolidated Trade

Which Act had only served to increase the working hours of adults?

• The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act

• 1833 Factory Act

• The Corn Laws

• The 1842 Mines Act

Which Act that began to operate in industrial cities in the north in 1839 increased awareness of how powerless the poor were?

• The Public Health Act

• The Municipal Corporations Act

• The Corn Laws

• The Poor Law Amendment Act

What was established in 1836 with the ambition to discuss political reform?

• The National Corresponding Society

• The Luddites

• The Manchester Gazette

• The London Working Men's Association

Who called for the six points of the charter to be endorsed?

• John Fielden

• William Lovett

• Jeremy Bentham

• Robert Peel

Which of these was NOT a point in the Charter?

• All people over the age of 21 to have the vote

• Annual parliaments

• No property qualifications for members of Parliament

• The Secret Ballot

Who endorsed the Charter at a meeting in Birmingham in 1838?

• Henry Hunt

• Francis Place

• Feargus O'Connor

• Thomas Atwood

There were moral force and physical force Chartists? Who was the leader of the physical force Chartists

• Feargus O'Connor

• Francis Place

• William lovett

• Richard Oastler

Which newspaper did the leader of the physical force Chartists edit that encouraged force to achieve demands?

• The North

• Northern Times

• Northern Star

• Northern Gazette

When was the first petition presented to Parliament?

• March 1838

• January 1839

• December 1838

• July 1839