The Conservative Collapse, 1902-1906

Question 0

How many seats did the Liberal Unionists gain in the 1900 general election?

Answer 0

68

Question 1

How many seats did the Conservatives gain in the 1900 general election?

Answer 1

334

Question 2

How many seats did the Conservative and Liberal Unionists have together?

Answer 2

402 (51.1%)

Question 3

How many seats did the Liberals win in the 1900 general election?

Answer 3

184 (44.6%)

Question 4

How many seats did the Irish Nationalists gain in the 1900 general election?

Answer 4

82 (2.5%)

Question 5

How many seats did Labour win in the 1900 general election gain?

Answer 5

2

Question 6

Define Free Trade

Answer 6

An economic policy in which taxes are not applied to imports and exports and no barriers are applied

Question 7

What was the Lib-Lab pact?

Answer 7

Agreement between the Liberals and the LRC in 1903 that said the Liberals wouldn’t put a candidate against the LRC where they have more chance of winning and vice versa.

Question 8

What was the point of the Lib-Lab pact?

Answer 8

So votes weren’t split in marginal seats in the Conservative’s favour

Question 9

What was the LRC?

Answer 9

The joining of the ILP and trade unions

Question 10

When was the LRC formed?

Answer 10

1900

Question 11

Who were the non-conformists?

Answer 11

Any Protestant church which isn’t the Anglican Church

Question 12

When did the Boer War take place?

Answer 12

1899-1902

Question 13

Define jingoism

Answer 13

An extreme form of nationalism

Question 14

Define imperialism

Answer 14

The right to have an empire

Question 15

When did the Boer war end?

Answer 15

1902

Question 16

What type of war did the Boers fight?

Answer 16

Guerrilla

Question 17

What was the 1900 election about?

Answer 17

Whether the public supported the traditional form of imperialism as they went to war

Question 18

Who was the Conservative leader in 1900?

Answer 18

Lord Sailsbury

Question 19

What was the 1900 election also called?

Answer 19

The Khaki election

Question 20

What was the impact of the Boer War in 1900?

Answer 20

It was positive

Question 21

What did the Boer War raise questions about?

Answer 21

National Efficiency

Question 22

Why were questions raised about national efficiency?

Answer 22

Recruitment

Length of conflict

Question 23

What happened in Manchester during the Boer War?

Answer 23

1/2 the men who went to signed up were too unfit

Question 24

What was the scorched earth policy?

Answer 24

Where British soldier torched 30000 farms due to suspicions of the farmers aiding the Boers

Question 25

How many people die in concentration camps during the Boer War?

Answer 25

28000 people

Question 26

What was the effect on the principle of imperialism by the Boer War?

Answer 26

It blighted the concept of empire/imperialism

Question 27

When did Balfour become prime minister?

Answer 27

1902

Question 28

How long did Balfour last?

Answer 28

1902-5

Question 29

What was Conservatism in the 19th and early 20th Century?

Answer 29

Empire/nationalism Tradition Effective

Question 30

When was the Conservative party formed?

Answer 30

1834

Question 31

Which leader introduced the principle of empire?

Answer 31

Disraeli

Question 32

What was the difference between the Liberals and the Conservatives?

Answer 32

The Liberals were more progressive

Question 33

When was the Education Act introduced?

Answer 33

1902

Question 34

Who created the Education Act?

Answer 34

Balfour and the Conservatives

Question 35

What did the Education Act do?

Answer 35

Introduced the idea of Local Education Authorities

Question 36

Why was the Education Act introduced?

Answer 36

To improve efficiency after the Boer War

Question 37

When was the Wyndham Land Act introduced?

Answer 37

1903

Question 38

What did the Wyndham Act do?

Answer 38

Enabled Irish people to buy land through loans

Question 39

When was the Royal Commission on the Taff Vale case completed?

Answer 39

1906

Question 40

What was poor relief?

Answer 40

Where local distress committees were created to deal with local poor people

Question 41

What did Local Distress Committees rely on?

Answer 41

Charitable funding

Question 42

What did Local distress committees not have?

Answer 42

Central government funding

Question 43

What did the Wyndham Land Act reduce?

Answer 43

Materialistic discontent

Question 44

What piece of legislation act introduced workhouses?

Answer 44

Poor Law 1834

Question 45

What was the criticism of the 1902 Education Act?

Answer 45

It provided funding "Rome on the rates"

Question 46

Who was not happy with the 1902 Education Act?

Answer 46

Non Conformists (Non Protestant Anglicans)

Question 47

What did the 1902 Education Act do to the Liberal Party?

Answer 47

It encouraged radical non conformists to start the Liberals rejuvenation

Question 48

What was the problem with the Royal Commission on the Taff Vale case?

Answer 48

Took until 1906 to come to a decision

Question 49

What did the royal commission on the Taff Vale Case do to trade unions politically?

Answer 49

Encouraged them to increase support the Liberals

Question 50

Who was behind Tariff Reform?

Answer 50

Joseph Chamberlain

Question 51

What was tariff reform?

Answer 51

Where foreign goods are tariffed

Question 52

When did Joseph Chamberlain leave the cabinet?

Answer 52

1903

Question 53

Why did Joseph Chamberlain leave the cabinet?

Answer 53

To support tariff reform

Question 54

What was the impact of the Tariff Reform upon the Conservative Party?

Answer 54

The party split into 3

Question 55

Who criticised the British for the Boer War?

Answer 55

The Kaiser

Question 56

How was Chinese Labour allowed?

Answer 56

Because the original colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain resigned in 1903 and so the next one allowed it

Question 57

Why was Chinese Labour in South African bad?

Answer 57

Because it was reminiscent of the Boer War and Concentration camps

Question 58

What was the 1906 election for the Liberals?

Answer 58

A landslide

Question 59

What were the Liberals split over in?

Answer 59

Home rule

Question 60

When was the first home rule bill introduced?

Answer 60

1886

Question 61

What party was formed because of the Liberal Home Rule argument?

Answer 61

The Liberal Unionists

Question 62

Who led the Liberal Unionists?

Answer 62

Joseph Chamberlain

Question 63

What was the second argument of the Liberals over?

Answer 63

Empire

Question 64

What were the two Liberal empire splits?

Answer 64

Campbell-Bannerman | The Liberal Imperialists (Roseberg)

Question 65

What were the basic principle of traditional liberalism?

Answer 65

Free Trade Individualism: Laissez Faire Minimal Government Progressive reform

Question 66

What were the principles of New Liberalism?

Answer 66

Increased government intervention

Question 67

What did New Liberals think of Traditional Liberalism?

Answer 67

It was negative freedom

Question 68

Why did Balfour call an election in 1905?

Answer 68

Because he thought the Liberals would not be organised due to arguments over principles, home rule and empire

Question 69

Why did the Liberals win?

Answer 69

The conservatives were weak The liberals were united The liberals had criticised weak Conservative policies

Question 70

What did the Liberals campaign?

Answer 70

Traditional Liberalism "Big Loaf"- Tariff Reform Campbell-Bannerman's view on empire

Question 71

When was the Lib-Lab Pact created?

Answer 71

1903

Question 72

Why was the Lib-Lab pact created?

Answer 72

To not split votes at marginal seats | To not split trade union funding

Question 73

Who did the militant non-conformists support?

Answer 73

The Liberals

Question 74

Who did the Trade Unions support?

Answer 74

Mainly the Liberals but also Labour

Question 75

Explain why the issue of Chinese Slavery in 1903 caused opposition to the Conservative government

Answer 75

Joseph Chamberlain's resignation Reminiscent of Boer War Humanitarianism

Question 76

When did the Boer War take place?

Answer 76

1899-1902

Question 77

When did the Taff Vale Judgement take place?

Answer 77

1901

Question 78

What did the Taff Vale judgement say?

Answer 78

The amalgamated society of railway servants had to pay £23000 in damages to employers for strike action

Question 79

When did the Education Act pass?

Answer 79

1902

Question 80

What did the 1902 Education Act do?

Answer 80

Abolished old school boards and created LEAs