Midterm Flashcards
What were the two British colonies in South Africa?
Cape Colony, Natal
What were the two Boer colonies in South Africa?
Transvaal, Orange Free State
When was the Glorious Revolution?
1688
When was the Catholic emancipation?
1829
What did the Great Reform Act do?
made the franchise more uniform
When was the Great Reform Act passed?
1832
What did the second reform act do?
enfranchised urban men
What did the Third Reform Act do?
Enfranchised rural workers
What did the Parliament act do?
Gave supremacy to the House of Commons?
When were all men and women over 30 given suffrage?
1918
When was full suffrage given to everyone over 21
1928
When was the voting age reduced to 18
1969
Who wrote ‘The Making of the English Working Class
E.P Thompson
What does the social interpretation of English history say?
England is the history of the laboring class rising
What rebellion took place in Jamaica?
the Morant Bay Rebellion
When was the South African war
1899-1902
When was WWI
1914-1918 (then Irish independence)
When was the Amritsar massacre?
1919
When was WWII
1939-1945 (then Indian independence)
What are professor’s three main governments?
- New liberalism
- Social democracy
- Neo liberalism (thatcher/blair)
On the eve of WWI, how many people worked in agriculture?
1/8
What was the equal franchise act?
Equalized franchise between women and men
Who was William Gladstone
dominant liberal politician in late Victorian period
Who was Robert Cecil?
leader of conservative party till about 1903
Who was Spencer Cavendish
liberal whig, leaves party because of home rule
Who was Joseph Chamberlain
board of trade -> leaving because of home rule
Who is Charles Parnell
Head of Irish parliamentary party
Who is Arthur Balfour
flexible conservative
When does Canada become a federation?
1867
When does Australia become a federation?
1901
What were the major struggles of the Victorians?
International imperialism
Irish home rule
What are two examples of conservative society?
The navy league
The primrose league
Who was Curzon?
imperial proconsul
Who was Cromer
imperial proconsul
Who was Milner?
imperial proconsul
Does Chamberlain want tariffs?
Yes
What did the New Poor Law of 1834
Ended public benefits, encouraged workhouses
What was the main distinction Rowntree made with poverty?
Poverty as structural
What was TH Green and Robert Elsmere advocating?
Hegelian altruism
Who were Samuel and Henrietta Barnett?
other social workers
What were the Fabian Essays in Socialism?
Socialism circle jerk
What was William Booth’s In Darkest England and The Way Out, about?
It was about personal change, because bad behavior is fundamentally addictive.
What did Tom Mann do
Dock worker stuff
What did the dockers strike for
The Tanner
What did the Children’s Act of 1908 do?
Give school lunches new liberal
What were three social reforms the new liberals passed?
school meals
old age pensions
health insurance
What were three economic reforms the new liberals passed
unemployment insurance
labour exchanges
Trade boards act
What did James Kier Hardie do
was an independent socialist
What was Ramsay McDonald all about?
Would lead with the Baldwin axis, labour rep
What was Phillip Snowden about?
labour
When did labour get into parliament?
1906
What did the Osborne thing rule?
Unions don’t collect levies
When are women allowed to stand office in boroughs and city councils?
1907
What was the National Union of Women’s suffrage societies about?
feminism
What were the WSPUs also known as
suffragettes
What were the cat and mouse acts intended to do?
Release hunger strikers, and then bring them back in
What are the three main battles for WWI
Marne, Somme, Ypres/Passchendaele
What part of Africa is much of WWI fought
East
How many people died in WWI, and what was the break down
9.4-5.4 allies-4 central
What does the ministry of munitions pave the way to
a post war coalition government in 1915
When does Lloyd George become PM
Dec. 1916
What was the Easter Rising
1,600 Irish people declare independence
What did the Lucknow Pact do
Alliance between Indian Congress and Muslim League
What did the Government of INdia Act do?
Expanded participation of Indians into government
What did the Hussein-McMahon agreement do
Arab state promise in exchange for fighting
What did the Sykes Picot agreement do?
Divides middle east between France and Britain
What did the Balfour declaration do?
Promised Jews a national home
What did Ibn Faysal do?
set up an ARab state in Syria
Where does Britain transfer Faysal
Iraq
What did the treaty of sevres do?
creates Turkish state
What did the Treaty of Luasanne do?
Tried to abolish the Turkish state
How many people remained unemployed during ‘The Slump’
Over 10%, 2 million people
The Geddes Axe
cuts war time services and programs
Where is Lloyd George ousted?
the Carlton club, the 1922 committee
What was Bonar Law all about?
Conservative leader, PM between ‘22-23
Who were the IRA boys around ‘22
Collins and Valera
Who rejects Lloyd George’s coalition?
Labour and the Asquithian liberals
Who was Sir Oliver Lodge?
Spiritualist
What did Vera Brittain argue?
War should never be resolved as a complete, good thing
What were the flappers reacting to?
‘Goodbye to all that’ and being surplus women
What is the MacDonald-Baldwin Axis
interplay between ‘22-35 of the two PMS. One is conservative, the other is labour
What does budget orthodoxy mean
no protectionism, return to gold, balanced budgets
What was the Yellow Book
Leftist think tank including Keynes
What do the Liberals make their platform in 1926
the living wage
What does labour revive in 1931
end of gold standard
10% benefits and salary things
restructuring unemployment
Who was Oswlad Mosley
fascist, advocated battle of cable street
Lloyd George’s council of action
more planning
hat did the public order act do
controlled extreme views
Locarno agreement
policy of containing germany after WWI
When did the Nazi’s seize power
1933
When did the Italians become agressive
1935
What did the Ottawa conference firmly establish
imperial preference for the dominions
What did Treaty of Westminster do
preference for dominions
What was the 1938 conservative response to Hitler
resigning after all the appeasement
When was the Battle of Stalingrad
1942
When was the Italian landing
1943
When were the Normandy landings
1944
When was ictory in Europe achieved
1945
When was victory in Japan achieved
1945
Who was not asked in going to WWII
India
What were WWII’s consequences for the empire
Resentment about top down approach
What fraction of houses were effected by WWII
2 in 7
What was the rhetoric for WWII suffering
equality of sacrifice
What were the Bevridge assumptions
full employfment and national health, family allowances, the male breadwinner
What were the major trade offs in funding the welfare state
currency devaluation, taxes, loan from the americans
Who was Bevan
labour
who was Morrisson
labour
Who was cripps
labour
who was Bevin
labour
