1911-14 Irish Home Rule and Industrial Unrest

Question 1

Ulster unionists

Answer 1

-Before the Parliament Act the unionists relied on the House of Lords to veto Home Rule, under Edward Carson

Question 2

Ulster Organisation

Answer 2

1912 - Carson drew up the Ulster Covenant, protesting the Third Home Rule Bill
1913 - The Home Rule bill had passed the Commons and the Ulster Volunteers Force began to form an army
1914 - Carson’s supporters smuggled 30,000 rifles into the country.

Question 3

The ‘Curragh Mutiny’

Answer 3

The Liberal governments ability to enforce Home Rule was doubted
The Commanding officer and 57 Calvary officers would resign rather than be party to enforce Home Rule on Ulster.

Question 4

Word War 2

Answer 4

Home Rule was to become law in the summer of 1914, following the two year delay imposed by the lords
Outbreak of war against Germany suspended the problem, but did not avert it.

Question 5

Reasons for Industrial unrest

Answer 5

• Cost of Living
• Class gap
• Trade Disputes
• Failures of Labour
• Syndicalism

Question 6

Cost of living

Answer 6

Cost of living was 14% higher in 1912 compared to 1906

Question 7

Class Gaps

Answer 7

Despite social reform, the gap between the rich and the poor was widening. Improved education meant more were aware of the inequalities reported by booth and Rowntree

Question 8

Trade Disputes

Answer 8

1906 Trade Disputes removed costs of striking, increasing the prevalence of striking through Britain
Many unions had joined together, giving them higher power to create unrest - such as the ‘miner’s federation’

Question 9

Failure of Labour

Answer 9

Labour had failed to pass legislation that would significantly help the working class
Therefore striking and alternative attitudes were in place as opposed to relying on political structure

Question 10

Syndicalism

Answer 10

• Tom Mann created the ‘industrial syndicalist’ in 1910

- A revolutionary movement which called on violence to destroy the industrial-capital system