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Question 1

What was Disraeli’s initial attitude towards the Empire?

Answer 1

Felt they were a “mill-stone around our neck”

Question 2

What were the two periods when Disraeli was PM?

Answer 2

1868 and 1874-80

Question 3

What did the Parliamentary Select Committee in 1965 recommend?

Answer 3

Withdrawal from W Africa on grounds of cost

Question 4

What year did attitudes toward the Empire apparently change?

Answer 4

1870

Question 5

Which party was the so called “party of Empire”?

Answer 5

Conservatives

Question 6

What speech did Disraeli give in 1872?

Answer 6

Crystal Palace speech

Question 7

What year was the Reform Act which extended the suffrage?

Answer 7

1867

Question 8

What was Gladstone’s attitude towards the Empire?

Answer 8

Consolidate rather than extend

Question 9

What emotion was Disraeli accused of stirring up?

Answer 9

Jingoism

Question 10

What did Disraeli do in 1875 which demonstrated his imperialist stance?

Answer 10

Bought shares in Suez Canal

Question 11

What did Disraeli do for Queen Victoria in 1877?

Answer 11

Made Empress of India

Question 12

Who did he appoint as Viceroy of India?

Answer 12

Robert Lytton

Question 13

What was the result of this action?

Answer 13

British control over Afghanistan and the north-west frontier

Question 14

What actions did Disraeli’s government take in SA in 1877?

Answer 14

Annexed the Transvaal and launched war on Zulus

Question 15

What did the Boer Republics do in 1880?

Answer 15

Declared independence

Question 16

What was the result in of the Boer Republics declaring independence?

Answer 16

First Boer War

Question 17

Where were the British defeated in Feb 1881?

Answer 17

Majuba Hill

Question 18

In what country did the Mahdist rebellion take place?

Answer 18

Sudan

Question 19

What did Gladstone do during the Mahdist Rebellion in 1884?

Answer 19

Urged the withdrawal of British troops

Question 20

What did Gladstone do in Egypt in 1882?

Answer 20

Occupy it

Question 21

Who did Gladstone install as puppet ruler?

Answer 21

Tewfiq

Question 22

What did Gladstone do in regards to Bechuanaland when it became a British protectorate?

Answer 22

Left the local rulers in charge

Question 23

What did Gladstone do when Germany seized New Guinea in 1884?

Answer 23

Nothing

Question 24

How many men could vote after the Reform Act of 1884?

Answer 24

5.5m

Question 25

What did Gladstone do in June 1885?

Answer 25

Resigned

Question 26

What was Gladstone’s attitude towards the Irish nationalists?

Answer 26

Sympathetic towards them

Question 27

What did Gladstone do in regards to Ireland in 1886?

Answer 27

Introduced Home Rule Bill

Question 28

What Act was passed in 1870 which increased literacy?

Answer 28

Education act

Question 29

Which soldier in the Indian Mutiny was held up by British press as a hero?

Answer 29

Major-General Henry Havelock

Question 30

What was an example of imperialist literature?

Answer 30

King Solomon’s Mines, Boy’s Own Papers

Question 31

How did the British justify the Empire?

Answer 31

Believed themselves superior to any race, helping to civilise natives

Question 32

What was published in 1859 which helped justify the idea that the British were morally superior?

Answer 32

Origin of the Species published by Charles Darwin

Question 33

In what year was the Great Exhibition held?

Answer 33

1851

Question 34

When was the International Exhibition held in South Kensington?

Answer 34

1862

Question 35

What was put on display in Alexandra Palace in 1877?

Answer 35

Nubian Village from Sudan

Question 36

What was hosted in 1886?

Answer 36

Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Question 37

What did London host in 1890?

Answer 37

Africa Exhibition