Exercises on Chartism

(Mossoró - RN) The Chartist Movement, in the first half of the 19th century, in England, had among its objectives the:

a) limitation of real rights by a free parliament.

b) elimination of the monarchy, with the organization of a republic.

c) promoting the unification of nations in a British Commonwealth.

d) obtaining the secret ballot and universal male suffrage.

e) adoption of a written constitution that limited royal power.

The Chartist Movement was an action by workers demanding various improvements in their living conditions and political participation. In which country did it occur and in which decades of the 19th century?

a) France, in the 1860s and 1870s.

b) Belgium, in the 1810s and 1820s.

c) England, in the 1830s and 1840s.

d) Italy, in the 1830s and 1840s.

e) Germany, in the 1850s and 1860s.

Briefly explain the social context of the English workers that motivated the elaboration of the People's Charter.

The political movement of English workers around the document called "People's Charter" had as main leaders:

a) Feargus O'Connor and William Lovett.

b) Thomas Paine.

c) William Gladstone.

d) Robert Owen.

letter d . The aim of the Chartist Movement was to obtain political participation rights for the entire population, especially workers who did not have political rights at the time.

letter c .The Chartist Movement took place in England in the 1830s and 1840s, through the acceptance of the claims made in the People's Charter, a political document that represented the social maturation of the English working class.

The social context experienced by English workers was that of the Industrial Revolution, characterized by the disorderly growth of cities and various housing and sanitary problems in these environments. Working hours were long, up to eighteen hours a day for men. In addition, wages were low; women and children received a third of the salary of men. All this, added to the lack of political participation by workers in the institutions of the English State, led to the formation of the Chartist political movement.

letter a . The other names are part of English history, but they are not directly linked to the Chartist movement. Owen and Paine sought to influence the English labor movement, but in other circumstances. Gladstone was British Prime Minister in the second half of the 19th century.