11 Flashcards
When was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
1897
When was the Royal Colonial Institute founded
1870
When was the Victoria League founded
1901
When was the Round Table Movement founded
1909
When did Round Table Groups form in SA, Australia, NZ and Canada
1919-11
Who wrote Imperialism in 1902
J A Hobson
Who produced a detailed report of conditions in concentration camps in 1901
Emily Hobhouse
How many Boers held out British forces for two and a half years
30,000
What % of military recruits were found unfit for military service
40% and 8,000 out of 11,000 would be volunteers turned away
When was the Education Act which helped open 1,000 schools
1902
When was the Dreadnought launched
1906
What the 1907 new centre of technological excellence called
Imperial College
What was the period 1890-1914 known as in newspaper publication
Golden Age
Who criticised crude sensationalism in 1902
J A Hobson
Who emigrated to Rhodesia in 1900 and produced over 20 novels based on lives and loves of fellow settlers
Gertrude Page
