Empire in Age of Imperialism 1857-1890

Question 1

When was Disraeli and Gladstone in power

Answer 1

Gladstone (1868-74)
Disraeli (1874-80)
Gladstone (1880-85)

Question 2

What did Gladstone do in his first ministry?

Answer 2

1871- annex West Griqueland
1871- Grant self gov to Cape Colony
1872- Disraeli’s Crystal Palace Speech
1873 - Annex East Griqueland

Question 3

What did Disraeli do in his Ministry?

Answer 3

1875 - Purchase of shares in Suez Canal
1877 - Passage of Royal Titles Act (Empress of India)
1877 - Annex Boer Republic of the Transvaal
1878 - Launched invasion of Afghanistan
1879- Victory in Zulu after defeat in Isandlwana
1880- Gladstone’s anti-imperialist campaign “Midlothian Campaign”

Question 4

Why was Disraeli elected?

Answer 4

First Conservative election victory since 1841, partly due to popularity of newly enfranchised urban working classes following Second Reform Act

Question 5

What happened in Gladstone’s Second Ministry?

Answer 5

1881 - Signed Treaty of Pretoria
1881 - Arabi Pasha’s uprising led to the killing of Europeans in Alexandria
1884 - Urged Gordon’s retreat
1884/5 - Berlin conference, EU land grab in Africa
1884/5 - Third Reform Act enfranchised the rural working class

Question 6

What was the British publics attitude to the Empire?

Answer 6

-Press fund Havelock statue 1857
-1882 Arabi Pasha’s revolt in Egypt occupied reports, press made Gladstone’s government’s decision to intervene easier
-Imperialist literature became popular and clubs reinforced imperialist values

Question 7

What increased British literacy rates and Political awareness?

Answer 7

Education Act of 1870, extension of the vote in the 1867 and 1884 Reform Acts

Question 8

Name some examples of imperialist literature…

Answer 8

King Solomon’s Mines 1885
She 1887
Boys own paper 1879

Question 9

Name an examples of a club that promoted imperialism…

Answer 9

Boy’s brigade 1883

Question 10

What publication encouraged the belief in superiority of white races and when?

Answer 10

Charles Darwin’s “The Origins of the Species” in 1859

Question 11

What role did exhibitions play in Imperialism?

Answer 11

They reinforced Britain’s sense of physical and social superiority

Question 12

Name some successful exhibitions and when they were…

Answer 12

Great Exhibition 1851
International Exhibition 1862
Nubian Village 1877
Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886
Africa Exhibition 1890