course and consequences of the second boer war

Question 1

what did the boer war add to the liberal party and why?

Answer 1

divisions due to some being pro-boer war and some being anti-boer war

Question 2

what national concern was exposed due to the war? and what was the concern about?

Answer 2

britain’s national efficiency, the concern that the nation needed to be better educated and healthier

Question 3

what changed the relationship of the state and the people?

Answer 3

thw welfare reforms introduced by the liberal government in 1906-1914

Question 4

what was intoduced in schools as a liberal reform in 1906?

Answer 4

free school meals

Question 5

when was the national insurance act intoduced?

Answer 5

1911

Question 6

what inspections where introduced in schools in 1907?

Answer 6

medical inspections

Question 7

what destroyed british politiacal standing as the benevolent empire?

Answer 7

the concentration camps and the scorthed earth policy

Question 8

what did the boer war reveal about the british military?

Answer 8

british poor leadership in the army

Question 9

when was the commitee of imperial defence established?

Answer 9

1903

Question 10

what did the boer war do to the british army?

Answer 10

it weakened them temporarily until reforms to the army were made as a result of the boer war

Question 11

what treaty did britain sign with the boers that ended the war?and what did it state?

Answer 11

the treaty of vereeniging which gave the british total control over the tranvaal and orange free state with a promise of indepndance to the boers in the future

Question 12

what kind of crisis did the boer war create?

Answer 12

crisis if confidence

Question 13

how much did the war cost britain?

Answer 13

£200 million

Question 14

who introduced the reforms to the army?

Answer 14

the new liberal war minister richard haldane

Question 15

under what were changes made to the territoral army and the british reseserve forces?

Answer 15

the 1907 haldane reforms

Question 16

what did the boer war create in britian due to the tactics they used that could have weakenend it?

Answer 16

criticism of the empire and opposition against the project of empire

Question 17

who played a key role in reporting to the british public about what was happening in the concentration camps?

Answer 17

emily hobhouse

Question 18

what was the british believe that they were strong enough to follow an independant policy called?

Answer 18

splendid isolation

Question 19

name the 3 alliances formed after the boer war and when they happened?

Answer 19

anglo-japanese alliance(1902), the anglo-french entente(1904) and the anglo-russian convention(1907)

Question 20

how many british soliders died during the war?

Answer 20

22,000

Question 21

what did the treaty signed with the boers consolidate for britian? and when was this important?

Answer 21

consolidated south african loyalty which was important for the first world war in 1914

Question 22

over how many british troops died from thier wounds and disease compared to the ones who died in battle?

Answer 22

16000 compared to 5,770 that died in battle

Question 23

what was establised and when that helped with the wounded soliders?

Answer 23

the royal army medical corps in 1898

Question 24

when was black week?

Answer 24

december 1899

Question 25

what happened during black week?

Answer 25

britian suffered a series of losses at magerfontein, stromberg and colenso

Question 26

how many british troops where killed during black week?

Answer 26

135

Question 27

when was the orange free state annexed?and what was it renamed?

Answer 27

in 1900 and renamed the orange river colony