The condition of Ireland and Anglo-Irish relations 1886-1914

Question 1

Seats won by Liberals in 1885

Answer 1

319

Question 2

Seats won by Irish Parliamentary party

Answer 2

86

Question 3

How many seats ddi the Liberal lose in Ireland

Answer 3

All 13

Question 4

Why did Gladstone offer Home Rule

Answer 4

He was concerned that the nationalists would set up their own Irish Parliament

Question 5

Liberal majority over conservatives

Answer 5

83

Question 6

Proposals of Home Rule Bill

Answer 6

Ireland would have its own parliament
No Irish MPs at Westminster
British Parliament would still remain sovereign
Irish parliament would raise taxes and pay £3,250,000 towards national debt and the empire

Question 7

Chamberlain’s view on Home Rule

Answer 7

Believed that it would lead to the collapse of the Union

He resigned in March 1885

Question 8

Liberal party reaction to the bill

Answer 8

Whigs opposed it as they believed it would lead to the collapse of the Empire

Question 9

Conservative party reaction to Home Rule

Answer 9

They were united in opposition to it

Question 10

How many Liberals joined the conservatives in voting against Home Rule

Answer 10

93 which defeated the bill

Question 11

Result of the 1886 election

Answer 11

Lord Salisbury won with 393 seats by combining with the Liberal Unionist Party
Liberals only gained 192

Question 12

Second Home Rule Bill

Answer 12

Proposed same as first bill, but Irish MPs could sit in Westminster
It was defeated in the Lords

Question 13

How many votes was the second Home Rule Bill drafted by in the Lords

Answer 13

419 - 41

Question 14

What Land Purchase Acts did the conservatives offer Ireland

Answer 14

1887, 1891 and 1896

Question 15

1891 Land Act

Answer 15

Gave £33 million to tenants to buy their land

Question 16

Wyndham Land Purchase Act 1903

Answer 16

Gave landlords £12 million to encourage them to sell their land
Tenants would be given the money to buy the land then pay it in low loans

Question 17

What policy did the conservatives adopt

Answer 17

Constructive Unionism

Question 18

Recess Committee 1895

Answer 18

Established in 1895

Aimed to improve Irish agriculture through new farming methods

Question 19

Local Government of Ireland Act 1898

Answer 19

Introduced a system of city councils which shifted the control away from protestant landowners

Question 20

When did the Liberal get reelected

Answer 20

1905

Question 21

What did the passing of the 1911 Parliament Act mean

Answer 21

Threat of the Home Rule Bill passing through, because the threat of veto had disappeared

Question 22

Why was Balfour nicknamed ‘Bloody Balfour’

Answer 22

Supported the shootings in Mitchelstown in 1887 and his Crime Act gave magistrates new powers to deal worth rioters

Question 23

Third Home Rule Bill

Answer 23

Did not account for Ulster being independent and led to fierce opposition from the Unionsists and Conservatives

Question 24

Solemn League and Covenant

Answer 24

Created in 1912 in response to the Third Home Rule Bill which was signed by 450,000 people

Question 25

Ulster Volunteer Force

Answer 25

Imported 35,000 rifles from Germany and ammunition to make it clear that Ulster had to be exempt from Home Rule