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Propaganda & the Press Flashcards

1
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What was Rudyard Kiplings poem called

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The White Man’s Burden

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2
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What was Rudyard Kiplings view of the empire?

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pro-imperialist

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3
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How was it Britain came to have a literate working class?

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1870 Forster Education Act

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4
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When was the Forster Education Act established?

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1870

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5
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Daily Telegraph - support or anti-war?

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Support

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Daily Mail - support or anti-war?

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Support

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Morning Post - support or anti-war?

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Support

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Daily News - support or anti-war?

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Initially support, but changes to anti-war in 1901

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Daily Chronicle - support or anti-war?

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Support but initially anti-war

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Manchester Guardian - support or anti-war?

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Anti-war

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The Times - support or anti-war?

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Support

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Which Daily Telegraph reporter criticised the army after black week - despite it being a pro-war newspaper?

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Bennett Burleigh

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13
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When was the Daily Mail established?

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1896

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14
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How much was the Daily Mail? What was this in comparison with the Times?

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half a penny

1/6 of the price of The Times

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15
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Which paper had the first female correspondent?

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Daily Mail

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16
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Who was the first female correspondent?

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Lady Sarah Wilson

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17
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Who was the editor of the paper which had Edgar Wallace as a correspondent?

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Alfred Harmsworth

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18
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Name one employee of Alfred Harmsworth’s and what paper they both worked for

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Edgar Wallace

Daily Mail

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19
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How many copies of The Daily Mail sold daily?

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0.5million

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20
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When did the Daily Mail sell especially well

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When they dramatised events e.g relief of Mafeking

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21
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Which newspaper sponsored a Soldiers’ Wives and Children Fund?

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Daily Mail

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22
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Which newspaper did Winston Churchill write for?

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Morning post

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23
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Who was the editor of the Daily News?

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Sir Edward Cook

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24
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Which newspaper did George Cadbury buy out?

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Daily News

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25
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What was George Cadbury’s stance on war?

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Anti-war since he was a Quaker

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26
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Who bought out the Daily News

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George Cadbury with the encouragement of DLG

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27
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What year dude George Cadbury buy out the Daily News?

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1901

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28
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What was the former newspaper of H.W Massingham?

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Daily Chronicle

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29
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Who was fired from the Daily Chronicle due to their Boer-sympathiser stance?

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H.W. Massingham

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30
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Name a correspondent of the Daily Chronicle

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Nevison

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31
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Which paper notoriously referred to Boer’s as ‘herds’

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Daily Chronicle

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32
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What was the only paper to be anti-war throughout the duration

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Manchester Guardian

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33
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Name a correspondent of the Manchester G.

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J.A Hobson

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34
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Which was a notoriously elitist newspaper, who was its editor?

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The Times

George Buckle

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35
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Who was George Buckle and who was he a devotee too?

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Editor of the Times

Devotee of Cecil Rhodes

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36
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Which paper notoriously published pro-Rhodes propaganda?

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The Times

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37
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Which newspaper censored its correspondent Angus Hamilton for being too sympathetic to the Boers?

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The Times

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38
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Name a Times correspondent

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Angus Hamilton

39
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Which paper developed into having a more balanced view later in the war

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The Times

40
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The Times initially dismissed reports of what

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Civillian deaths

41
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Who called the Daily Mail “written by office boys for office boys”

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PM Lord Salisbury

42
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Which paper did the PM Lord Salisbury dismiss in comments

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Daily Mail

43
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The Daily Mail with a readership of 534,000 in 1899 exaggerated reports unashamedly - what was it at this time?

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Best-selling daily newspaper

44
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Who became furious at the Daily Mail - blaming them for impeding efforts to conclude an early peace settlement?

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Lord Kitchener

45
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What did the Times criticise?

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Government Planning

46
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Which general notoriously had a negative view of the press and correspondents

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General Buller

47
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Who received bad press after Black Week and not cooperating with correspondents

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General Buller

48
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What was Lord Kitchener’s view of the press

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Felt they should be controlled with greater censorship

49
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Censorship loosened when who took over?

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Lord Robert’s

50
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Which news agency gave positive reports in return for information from Kitchener

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Reuters

51
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Baden-Powell had a local journal known as

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Mafeking Daily Mail

52
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Baden-Powell was romanticised by -

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Kipling

53
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Who was Baden-Powell

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General at the siege of Mafeking and founder of the Boy Scouts

54
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Which reporter notoriously carried a small camera and who did he work for

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E.W. Smith

Morning Leader

55
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Due to the technology of the camera illustrated magazines became available such as the -

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Illustrated London News

56
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In the Summer of 1900 how many correspondents were in S.Africa in total

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58

57
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How many correspondents did The Times have in S.Africa

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20

58
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What was Winston Churchill critical of

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Military and government leadership

59
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What impression did the public get from Churchill’s reporting of the Boer’s

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Churchill wrote about Boer’s w respect
Public think British are fighting a tough enemy
= have greater respect for British soldiers

60
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What happened to Churchill in later 1899

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Captured by Boers

61
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What party did Churchill join post-war - what did he oppose?

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The Labour Party

Opposed tariff reforms

62
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How much did the Soldiers’ Wives and Children Fund raise by the end of war

Which newspaper sponsored them

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£70,000

Daily Mail

63
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Where was Chamberlain from

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Birmingham

64
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Which class middle or working was more likely to be pro-war

A

Middle class

65
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Who changed from pro to anti war after revelations about concentration camps

Which party were they leader of

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Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Liberal Party

66
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When was the ‘liberal landslide’

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1906

67
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Lord Salisbury was PM and leader of what party

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Conservatives

68
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Who were the Fabians - what did they think of war

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a pro-war democratic socialist movement

69
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Name two Fabians

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Webb and Shaw

70
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What is the opinion of radical socialists on war

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Oppose war

71
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What did radical socialists think the war was fought because of

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Capitalist war for mine owners

72
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Senior Liberal Imperialists were nicknamed -

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LIMPS

73
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Name a LIMP

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Lord Rosebery

74
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Radical liberals thought what of war - name a radical liberal

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Opposed war as the “conspiracy of financiers”

DLG

75
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Name a patriotic organisation which campaigned pro-war and supported Britain’s imperial interests

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Primrose League

76
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Who co-founded the Liberal Unionist Party

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Chamberalin

77
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When was the Conservative-Unionist alliance formed

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1895

78
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What year was the so called ‘Khaki election’

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1900

79
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What did Chamberlain say in 1900 in the Khaki election

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every vote against the government is a vote given to the Boers

80
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Why would Chamberlain profit from war

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His brother won army supply tenders

81
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In 1900 the conservative government won by a ‘landslide’ of what % and how many seats

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51%

134

82
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1900 was the first time Liberals had not won where

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in Scotland

83
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What was interesting about the election turn-out and what % was it

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Not extremely high

74%

84
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Who was returned to office in 1900

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Lord Salisbury

85
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Who was the electorate in 1900

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Not including females

Only 60% of males could vote

86
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What was support like for war in Wales

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Not strong -

DLG opposed war and this was his homeland

87
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Who stated ‘anti-criticism of war is hopelessly unpopular’

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Beatrice Webb

88
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Who was Beatrice Webb

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A Fabian

89
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When was DLG assaulted (X2)

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North Wales (homeland) in 1900
Birmingham in December 1901
90
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When did DLG have his most successful meeting

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Bristol 1902

91
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Conservatives lost in Liberal Candidates in some by-elections - including where in 1902

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Lancashire

92
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Name the anti-war group DLG was a part of

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League Against Aggression and Militarism

93
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What did the government face after Black Week

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Vote of censure

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