Chapter 8

Question 1

Who was Patrick Pearse?

Answer 1

A Republican who joined the Irish Volunteers and later helped to plan the Easter Rising

Question 2

Which major Irish leaders advocated for participating in WW1?

Answer 2

John Redmond and Edward Carson

Question 3

Why and how many broke away from the National Volunteers?

Answer 3

10,000 broke away, including Eoin MacNeill because they disagreed with the participation in WW1

Question 4

What were the key figures involved in the Easter Rising?

Answer 4

Tom Clarke, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly and Sean McDermott

Question 5

Why did the Easter Rising fail?

Answer 5

There was no German support as they had initially believed, the national uprising of local people did not happen and there was British military strength

Question 6

How many people had been harmed during the Easter Rising?

Answer 6

450 people had died and 2,600 were wounded

Question 7

Who was the Easter Rising condemned by within Ireland?

Answer 7

The Catholic Church, Redmond, and the more moderate nationalists

Question 8

How were the Irish plotters and their conspirators handled?

Answer 8

15 were tried and shot, more than 3000 were arrested and some 1800 were sent to England and imprisoned without trial

Question 9

Why did support for Sinn Fein significantly increase?

Answer 9

The Easter Rising was considered a Sinn Fein action, rising anger for the British

Question 10

How did Lloyd George attempt to reach a compromise agreement?

Answer 10

He negotiated with both Redmond and Carson to secure a settlement known as ‘Heads of Agreement’ which granted home rule to 26 counties in Southern Ireland

Question 11

How did Lloyd George mislead Carson and Redmond?

Answer 11

He told Redmond the separation would be temporary, and told Carson it would be permanent

Question 12

How did elections suggest new-founded support for Sinn Fein?

Answer 12

Eamon de Valera was elected as Sinn Fein MP for East Clare

Question 13

How much had Sinn Fein grown by 1917?

Answer 13

There were 1200 Sinn Fein clubs and 250,000 members

Question 14

How did the Irish Nationalist Party take a stronger stance against Britain?

Answer 14

It marched out of Westminster in protest of conscription and for a time worked alongside Sinn Fein

Question 15

How did the 1918 general election signal the end of the Irish Nationalist Party?

Answer 15

It won only 7 seats in comparison to Sinn Fein’s 73

Question 16

What did the Sinn Fein MPs do instead of participating in Westminster?

Answer 16

They set up a ‘Dail Eireann’ which the argued was the true legislative of their independent Republic of Ireland

Question 17

Who did the IRA form new leadership under?

Answer 17

Michael Collins

Question 18

How did the British government handle the defiance of Sinn Fein?

Answer 18

They declared Sinn Fein illegal and sanctioned the special irregular force of ‘Black and Tans’

Question 19

How many people were harmed during Bloody Sunday (11th November 1920)

Answer 19

12 were killed and 60 were wounded

Question 20

Why was pressure for a political solution was growing?

Answer 20

The USA, League of Nations and the Dominion called for a change in policy, British press was critical, personal pleas from King George V and Archbishop of Cantebury

Question 21

When was a truce agreed to?

Answer 21

11th July 1921

Question 22

What did the December 1920 Government of Ireland Act accomplish?

Answer 22

It provided for a government in Belfast to govern the six counties of Ulster, with a similar parliament set up in Dublin

Question 23

Why did the Sinn Fein reject the Government of Ireland Act?

Answer 23

They wanted complete independence for Ireland

Question 24

What did Lloyd George propose in September 1921?

Answer 24

Ireland becomes a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, Britain would still use all Irish ports as naval bases, the six counties of Northern Ireland would continue as part of the UK

Question 25

What was the new and final treaty called?

Answer 25

The Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921