Question

What was the primary aim of the Chartist movement?

• A. To establish a socialist state through revolution
• B. To improve working conditions in factories and mines
• C. To gain political rights for the working class
• D. To abolish the monarchy and establish a republic

Answer 1

Answer:

C. To gain political rights for the working class

• Chartism was political, not just economic.

• Its goal was universal male suffrage and parliamentary reform.

• It was a response to working-class exclusion from political power.