Dates & names

Question 1

When did Lloyd George + Churchill present proposals for exclusion of ulster from HR Bill ?

Answer 1

6th February 1912

Question 2

When was the third HR bill introduced and by who?

Answer 2

April 1912, Asquith

Question 3

When did Bonar law try to persuade King George V to call for a general election ?

Answer 3

May 1912

Question 4

When was the Agar-Robartes Amendment

Answer 4

June 1912

Question 5

When was Carson’s proposal to exclude 9 counties and when the UVF was formed?

Answer 5

January 1913

Question 6

Memo from Bonar Law and Lansdowne to King calling for general election

Answer 6

July 1913

Question 7

The Loreburn Letter

Answer 7

September 1913

Question 8

Lloyd George proposal to amend the bill and the IVF formation

Answer 8

November 1913

Question 9

Asquith, Bonar Law and Carson meetings

Answer 9

October to December 1913

Question 10

Lloyd George county option

Answer 10

March 1914

Question 11

Redmonds opinion on ulster resistance to HR

Answer 11

‘Bluff and blunder’ (IPP)

Question 12

Churchill, Burrell & Lloyd George opinion on ulster resistance to HR

Answer 12

Concerned about forcing HR on Ulster (Ulster will fight and ulster will be right - churchilll)

Question 13

Asquith opinion on Ulster resistance to HR

Answer 13

Wait and See Policy - conceding initiative

Question 14

Reason for General Election aim called by Conservatives ?

Answer 14

Since HE was not a part of the liberal manifesto of 1910 they argued that it should be voted on by the people
This would allow the possibility of winning on election and stopping HR for conservatives

Question 15

Who moved the June Amendment?

Answer 15

Liberal backbender Thomas Agar-Robartes. North- East Ulster to be excluded from HR : 4 Ulster countries with Protestant majorities (defeated by 69 votes)

Question 16

Why did liberals oppose it ?

Answer 16

Asquith believed it wouldn’t reduce U.U opposition and Irish Nationalists would be disaffected

Question 17

Who set up the IVF ?

Answer 17

Eoin MacNeill

Question 18

Reasons Asquith gave for giving Unionists concessions ? (2)

Answer 18

• anxious to avoid confrontation

- King frightened of Civil War

Question 19

Why did unionists oppose Home a Rule in Ireland for economic reasons ? (2)

Answer 19

• Many unionists in Ireland and in GB profited from the markets open to them through the British Empire
• in ulster there was heavy industry such as ship building and the linen industry

Question 20

What organisations did unionists form to block HR?

Answer 20

• Irish Unionist Alliance

- Ulster Volunteer Force

Question 21

Who was appointed as Liberal leader in 1905?

Answer 21

Henry Campbell Bannerman

Question 22

What was the main goal in Britain before HR?

Answer 22

Poverty

Question 23

Why did liberals not want to focus on Home Rule as a key party issue ? (2)

Answer 23

They realised that HR was impossible while the House of Lords refrained it’s traditional powers.
- the desire for liberal unity to prepare for the coming general election became paramount

Question 24

When was Asquith appointed Liberal leader ?

Answer 24

1908

Question 25

When was the Lloyd George’s people’s budget?

Answer 25

November 1909

Question 26

What was the Lloyd George’s people budget ?

Answer 26

The liberals needed to increase taxes in order to pay for their social reforms

Question 27

What triggered the two elections in 1910?

Answer 27

The Lloyd George People Budget

Question 28

How did Asquith and the liberals remain in government after the general elections ?

Answer 28

Asquith had firm support from the Irish and the Labour Party

Question 29

What was the Curragh mutiny ?

Answer 29

The War Office doubted the loyalty of officers stationed in Ireland who came from Ulster. A message was sent to the Commanding officer in Ireland indicating that if conflict arose, officers from Ulster would be allowed to be ‘absent from duty’ but if other officers were not prepared to carry out orders they would be ‘dismissed from the service’. The British public was appalled at this mutiny and War Minister Colonel Seely was forced to resign

Question 30

When was the Larne gun running

Answer 30

Night of 24th-25th April 1914 the UVF obtained 35,000 rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition from Germany

Question 31

What was the option of exclusion?

Answer 31

Would recognise the special position of ulster without denying the Irish majority Home Rule

Question 32

How did Carson react to ulster exclusion?

Answer 32

He was prepared to support exclusion in principle, even though this meant abandoning southern unionists. Redmond was also prepared to consider a temporary exclusion of the distinctly Protestant areas of Ulster

Question 33

What did Carson think of the temporary county option?

Answer 33

Dismissed as a ‘stay of execution’

Question 34

When did the Buckingham Palace conference take place ?

Answer 34

21st July 1914

Question 35

When did Asquith introduce the Parliament Bill?

Answer 35

February 1911

Question 36

What were the clauses of the Parliament Bill? (3)

Answer 36

• the Lords should not be able to reject or amend any Money Bill
• if any other type of Bill was rejected by the Lords, it would automatically become law
• the maximum duration of Parliament should be cut from seven to five years

Question 37

Which Conservative groups in the Lords were nicknamed the hedgers and the ditchers ?

Answer 37

Hedgers: those who were not prepared to vote against the Parliament Bill in the Lords and wish the creation of a huge number of liberal peers
Ditchers: those who would fight the bill ‘to the last ditch’ whatever the consequences

Question 38

Did the Parliament Bill pass ?

Answer 38

Yes in August 1911