Questão 1
Questão
Which gender could vote and how old did they have to be?
Questão 2
Questão
What qualities did these voters have to have ?
Responda
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They had to be linked to property
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They had to be married
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They had to have parents who could vote
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They couldn't be middle class or lower class
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They had to earn a certain amount of money
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They had to be church of England
Questão 3
Questão
How many people as a percentage could vote in the UK at that time
Questão 4
Questão
What was this as a fraction?
Responda
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16 out of 3000
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20000/3400000
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400,000/14million
Questão 5
Questão
What type of seats were there?
Questão 6
Questão
How many MPs did each county return regardless of population?
Questão 7
Questão
How much land did a standard voter have to own?
Responda
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40 shillings worth (£2) a year
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100 shillings worth a year
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71 shillings worth a year
Questão 8
Questão
What was a borough?
Responda
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A town where more than 1000 people lived
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Where there was a town hall
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Anywhere which had been a town (had a royal charter) in the 15th century
Questão 9
Questão
Why did the middle classes and the lower classes find the constituency voting system unfair?
Responda
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As the constituency stretched abroad
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Because the constituency was only made up of 1 person in each town
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Because there was a huge variation in size and voting practise
Questão 10
Questão
How many voters were there in Liverpool and Bristol ?
Questão 11
Questão
How many voters were there in Old Sarum?
Questão 12
Questão
So which towns had no representation?
Questão 13
Questão
How many people lived in Lancashire and how many MPS did they have ?
Responda
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1800 and 24MPs
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1.3 million and 14MPs
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200 and 90MPs
Questão 14
Questão
How many people lived in Cornwall and how many MPS did they have?
Responda
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300,000 and 42MPS
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60 and 100MPS
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900,000 and 13MPs
Questão 15
Questão
How many MPs did Manchester and Leeds have?
Questão 16
Questão
What did wealthy landowners do in the elections?
Questão 17
Questão
In 1800 why were half the MPs in parliament?
Questão 18
Questão
How many elections were contested ?
Responda
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All of them
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Half of them
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One third
Questão 19
Questão
Where was voting done?
Responda
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In 'Hustings'
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At home
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In the town hall
Questão 20
Questão
Voting was done in secret
Questão 21
Questão
This sort of voting allowed wide spread bribery and corruption
Questão 22
Questão
Who wanted parliamentary reform the most and why?
Responda
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The Upper class as they wanted even more power
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The radicals as they wanted chaos
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The middle classes as they had growing economic power but this was not matched by political power
Questão 23
Questão
Why was the system outdated?
Questão 24
Questão
Why did the upper class believe they were best for voting?
Responda
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As they thought power should be held by the educated elite who would act in the best interests in the country as a whole
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They could afford to look the best for the part
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As poor people annoyed them