Consequences of the Boer War

Question 1

all consequences of the Boer War

Answer 1

• cost of war
• changes in foreign policy
• national efficiency
• impact of the war on em[ore

Question 2

human cost of the Boer War ?

Answer 2

22,000 British soldiers died
100,000 were wounded

Question 3

financial cost of the Boer War ?

Answer 3

• The war cost 210 million

Question 4

impact of the financial cost of the war ?

Answer 4

-Led to questions about expansion and annexation of countries due to the rising poverty in the early 20th century in Britain

Question 5

How did the Boer War led to calls for National Efficiency ?

Answer 5

• Army standards od health and physical development had been reportedly lowered and there was deteriorating in health and nations.
• 30,000 Boers had held out against British forces for two and a half years in SA

Question 6

How did National Efficiency cause concern ?

Answer 6

Led to concern about how the nation needed to be better educated and healthier therefore support for empire was decreasing

Question 7

What did National Efficiency lead to questions over ?

Answer 7

• Led to questions being asked about the need for Empire as the situation in Britain was not amazing- rising poverty in the early 20th century.

Question 8

How did the need for national efficiency spread ?

Answer 8

• Journalists and political commentators spoke about the need for rational efficiency.This spread the view to the public that empire was partly to blame for the living standards

Question 9

Why did Britain change their foreign policy ?

Answer 9

• policy of ‘ splendid isolation’ during the war had not been splendid and was far from successful.
• fears of invasion as international opinion sympathised

Question 10

How did British secure allies ?

Answer 10

• Britain, warned by the Russian threat in the far east, allied with Japan in 1902
• In 1904 British made an entente with France.

Question 11

Impact of Boer War on attitudes ?

Answer 11

• Some see the Boer War as the first nail in the coffin of the British Empire. However, imperial enthusiasm and attitudes survived the war and remained high

Question 12

Impact of Boer War on colonies of Empire ?

Answer 12

• short lived rebellions in Natal, Kenya, Nigeria and British Guiana between 1902 and 1914 but these were easily suppressed.
• unrest in India and Egypt
  But generally the Empire was peaceful.

Question 13

How did the Boer War destabilise British moral superiority ?

Answer 13

• fighting a white name undermined Britains civilising mission which was expressed largely in Britain