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The Chartists Movement Challenges Classical Liberal

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The Chartists movement challenges Classical Liberalism by having more government intervention and involvement within the country/state
The Chartists movement wants yearly elections,voting by a secret ballot and abolishing qualifications to be a member of Parliament, essentially meaning that potential members of parliament needed to own property of a particular value. This prevented the vast majority of the population from standing for election.
The Chartist movement demanded that all men of the age of 21 and older were all equal, and should have and equal opportunity to be a Member of Parliament
Chartism was created to counter the inequality which was created by the industrial revolution
In 1842 the chartists went on strike wanting equality

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