What were the campaigners called who presented petitions to Parliament asking for working-class people to be given the vote?

AThe ChartistsRight answer
BThe Suffragettes
CThe Fenians
DThe Quakers

Answer: The Chartists

The Chartists wanted the vote for working people and others without property. Another Reform Act followed in 1867, creating more town seats and lowering the property needed to vote.

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