Reasons Questions National 4/5

There will be questions in any of the sections of the paper which you must show a causal relationship between events. This requires you to give the reasons why people took a particular stance over a given issue. These questions can be given up to 6 marks in total. You will not get a Source to help you with this question. You will get 1 mark for each accurate, relevant reason given and a 2nd mark for any of these reasons that you can develop. It is therefore possible to gain full marks by giving 5 straightforward reasons, 3 developed reasons or any combination of these.

Explain the reasons why more people gained the vote by 1867. You are looking for the causes of this event and could use reasons such as:- Political protests created pressure for change. Fear of revolution forced Parliament to listen. Need to include middle classes in government because they were key to creating wealth. Better education in towns made it more reasonable to extend the franchise. Spread of radical ideas and moral arguments; equality became more of an issue Political benefits at Westminster for parties; they saw potential voters. Population growth in the towns made them more politically sensitive. Hyde Park riots put more pressure on the government. Chartist movement provided organised political pressure.