History A-Level
Failure of Chartism
What Failure of Chartism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Failure of Chartism
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Despite mass support, it failed due to internal divisions, lack of middle-class backing and government repression.
Topics that use Failure of Chartism
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 1 The growth of parliamentary democracy, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Chartist demands
- Great Reform Act 1832
- Pressure for reform from radicals and Whigs
- Reform Act 1867
- Reform League
- Representation and its inequalities
- The political demands of the manufacturing interest
- Corruption and the conduct of elections
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