Chartism
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Chartism was a 19th-century British working-class political movement that campaigned for democratic reforms such as universal male suffrage and parliamentary representation.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chartism canonical | 21 |
| Chartist movement | 6 |
| British Chartist movement | 2 |
| People's Charter | 2 |
| British radical movement | 1 |
| Chartism, a New Organisation of the People | 1 |
| The People’s Charter | 1 |
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Target entity: Chartism Context triple: [People’s History Museum, hasSubjectArea, Chartism]
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Reform Act 1832
The Reform Act 1832 was a landmark British law that restructured parliamentary representation by eliminating many "rotten boroughs" and extending the electoral franchise, laying foundations for modern democracy in the United Kingdom.
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Regulator Movement
The Regulator Movement was a late 1760s–early 1770s backcountry uprising in colonial North Carolina in which frontier settlers protested corrupt local officials and unfair taxation, foreshadowing broader revolutionary unrest.
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Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.
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Montford Reforms
The Montford Reforms were a set of constitutional changes introduced by the British government in 1919 that expanded limited self-governance in colonial India through dyarchy in the provinces and increased Indian participation in legislative councils.
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E.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is a British peace organization known for leading public opposition to nuclear weapons and promoting unilateral nuclear disarmament, especially during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Chartism Target entity description: Chartism was a 19th-century British working-class political movement that campaigned for democratic reforms such as universal male suffrage and parliamentary representation.
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A.
Reform Act 1832
The Reform Act 1832 was a landmark British law that restructured parliamentary representation by eliminating many "rotten boroughs" and extending the electoral franchise, laying foundations for modern democracy in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Regulator Movement
The Regulator Movement was a late 1760s–early 1770s backcountry uprising in colonial North Carolina in which frontier settlers protested corrupt local officials and unfair taxation, foreshadowing broader revolutionary unrest.
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C.
Poor People’s Campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign was a 1968 effort organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to demand economic justice and anti-poverty measures for disadvantaged Americans through mass protest and civil disobedience.
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D.
Montford Reforms
The Montford Reforms were a set of constitutional changes introduced by the British government in 1919 that expanded limited self-governance in colonial India through dyarchy in the provinces and increased Indian participation in legislative councils.
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E.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is a British peace organization known for leading public opposition to nuclear weapons and promoting unilateral nuclear disarmament, especially during the Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political movement
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social movement ⓘ working-class movement ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Chartism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
People's Charter
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| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1857 ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
abolition of property qualifications for MPs
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annual Parliaments ⓘ equal electoral districts ⓘ payment of MPs ⓘ secret ballot ⓘ universal male suffrage ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Kennington, London, England
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surface form:
Kennington Common meeting
Newport Rising ⓘ Petition of 1839 ⓘ Petition of 1842 ⓘ Petition of 1848 ⓘ Plug Plot Riots ⓘ |
| hasTendency |
moral force Chartism
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physical force Chartism ⓘ |
| ideology |
democracy
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political reform ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of social democracy in Britain
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later British labour movement ⓘ trade unionism in Britain ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Reform Act 1832
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economic distress of 1830s and 1840s ⓘ industrialization ⓘ radical tradition of the 1790s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
England
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Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| mainRegion | Great Britain ⓘ |
| movementType |
mass petition campaign
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parliamentary reform movement ⓘ popular radicalism ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Ernest Jones
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Feargus O'Connor ⓘ Henry Vincent ⓘ James Bronterre O'Brien ⓘ William Lovett ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
UK government
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surface form:
British government
landed elites ⓘ many middle-class reformers ⓘ |
| publication |
Northern Star
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The Charter ⓘ |
| socialClassBase |
artisans
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industrial workers ⓘ some small tradesmen ⓘ working class ⓘ |
| startTime | 1838 ⓘ |
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