Second Boer War Flashcards
1
Q
When was the Boer War?
A
1899-1902
2
Q
What did the Boer War demonstrate?
A
British could no longer survive by themselves
3
Q
How did the British expect the war to be?
A
- 3-4 months
- 75,000 troops
- Cost £10m at most
4
Q
How did the Second Boer War pan out in reality?
A
- Almost 3 years
- 400,000 troops
- Over £200m
- 22,000 British military dead
- Only 6000 Boers dead
5
Q
How did the Boer War grow anti-colonialism or a decrease in jingoism?
A
- Horrors of concentration camps
6
Q
Who was Emily Hobhouse?
A
- Welfare campaigner
- Her reports led to a government enquiry of British concentration camps during the Boer War
- Tarnished allure of imperialism and supposed civilising mission
7
Q
What are other examples of British cruelty?
A
- British starved Boers into submission by destroying their resources
8
Q
What were the point of concentration camps and how many people died?
A
- British built them to prevent supplies from getting to Boers
- Boer civilians kept there, 80% under the age of 16
- 26,000 civilians died of disease or starvation
9
Q
Ultimately, was the Boer War a turning point in attitudes to Empire?
A
- Yes, cruelty showed no longer the ‘white man’s burden’ of civilising
- Yes, increased criticisms of use of resources for no good reason
- No, British news portrayed in a moral way
- Daily Mail selling over 1m copies a day during war damning Boers and Kruger while praising heroism of British troops
