Attitudes towards Empire 1890-1914

Question 1

bellicosity

Answer 1

an agressive attitude suggesting an eagerness to fight

Question 2

When was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee

Answer 2

1897

Question 3

What does the term khaki election mean?

Answer 3

term emerged from the khaki/camouflage uniforms the British wore in the Boer War. The khaki election was held to exploit public approval towards the war.

Question 4

When was THE khaki election and who won it?

Answer 4

The khaki election was held in 1900 and marks an impressive victory of the Conservative Party.

Question 5

Which offices did Lord Salisbury held?

Answer 5

Three times Prime Minister and four times Foreign Secretary.

Question 6

What did Salisbury believe in?

Answer 6

As a moderate Conservative he was an imperialist and believed British rule to be indispensable for the advancement of the “backward” races.

Question 7

What is a “high imperialist”

Answer 7

Fervent imperialist

Question 8

When did the “high imperialist” period peak”

Answer 8

Between 1890 and 1906

Question 9

When was the second Boer War?

Answer 9

1899-1902

Question 10

Who was Emily Hobhouse and what did she do?

Answer 10

In 1901, she produces a detailed report about the conditions in the British concentration camps during the Boer War, leading to a government enquiry.

Question 11

National Efficiency

Answer 11

Concerns about the fitness of young British men were raised after 40% of British recruits had been found unfit to join the military due to poor living conditions and bad diet. (1902)

Question 12

What measures were taken to improve National Efficiency?

Answer 12

1902 Education Act, modernisation of the Royal Navy,

Question 13

Key figures in liberal Reform from 1906 on

Answer 13

David Lloyed George - Liberal Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer and Winston Churchill - Conservative acting as President of the Board of Trade