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Question: What is the Chartist movement!?
what was it!? what did it do!? what was its significence!? thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The Chartist Movement was a movement for political and social reform in the United Kingdom during the mid-19th century between 1838 and 1848!.

It did these things:
Suffrage for all men age 21 and over (not to be confused with Universal Suffrage)
Equal-sized electoral districts
Voting by secret ballot
An end to the need for a property qualification for Parliament
Pay for Members of Parliament
Annual election of Parliament

The significance of this was that it was the first mass working class labor movement in the world!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In the years 1839, 1842 and 1848, the Chartist Movement urged Parliament to adopt three great petitions!. Of these, the best known is the final petition, with six million signatures, presented to Parliament on 10th April 1848 after a huge meeting on Kennington Common!. This event achieved great prominence in the story of Chartism, due largely to the reaction of the authorities as they faced the challenges of that turbulent year!.

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