popular culture 1890-1914

Question 1

when was the daily mail launched and how much was it sold for?

Answer 1

1896 and was sold for half a penny

Question 2

what did harmworth stir up during the second boer war of 1899-1902?and why?

Answer 2

hatred for the boers and patriotic support to increase sales

Question 3

what war was the daily mail useful in stiring up popular ethusiasm for?

Answer 3

world war 1

Question 4

what did edward elgar delibarately do with his music?

Answer 4

stimulate his listeners emotions and create and image for the nobility of empire

Question 5

what did sullivan and gilbert try to convey in there series of opras?

Answer 5

an imperialist message

Question 6

when did baden powell publish scouting for boys?and what did it teach?

Answer 6

1908, taught the imperialist views and military skills which would be needed to survive

Question 7

(books)when did baden powell’s sister create the girls guide?

Answer 7

1910

Question 8

in 1918 what happened to those who had grown out of the scouts?

Answer 8

another section was created called the rover scouts as they wanted to continue

Question 9

(youth organisation)when was a royal charter granted for the scouts and what did it create?

Answer 9

in 1912 and it created the boy scouts association

Question 10

how many scouts participanted in some sort of war work during the first world war?

Answer 10

50,000

Question 11

name two of E.J Brett’s comics and what year they were published?

Answer 11

boy of england and young men of great britian in 1899

Question 12

(national holidays )when was empire day introduced?

Answer 12

1904

Question 13

(royal celebrations)when was queen voctora’s diamond jubliee?and what representatives attended it?why

Answer 13

1897, was attended by representatives of all the empires nations as a show of power

Question 14

what did empire day become in all state schools in common wealth?

Answer 14

an offical school holiday

Question 15

what did private schools set up?

Answer 15

an inductrinatinating imperialism cadet core

Question 16

what extended the literacy for wc?

Answer 16

the 1902 education act

Question 17

(educatiuon)what was tended to be found in history and geography texbooks at school?

Answer 17

glories of the empire and depicted colonial people in racist terms

Question 18

name to literacture that encouraged a strong belief in british supriority and promoted patriotic beliefs and when they where published?

Answer 18

the enemy in our midst(1906) and the white mans burden in 1898