Chapter 17 Imperialist ideals (not necessary)

Question 1

When was the Empire Marketing Board set up?

Answer 1

1926

Question 2

How did the government promote the Empire

Answer 2

Mass communication and social organisation, Empire Marketing Board produced posters and adversiting campaigns, Empire Exhibitions,

Question 3

Examples for Empire Exhibitions

Answer 3

1924 Wembley -2.2m cost to the government,
17million visitors
1938 Glasgow
12million visitors

Question 4

Other ways of promoting the empire (privately run)

Answer 4

BBC est. 1923
broadcasting 1932 Christmas and Empire speeches
Education
Rudyard Kipling (poet, read in schools), professorships in Imperial History at Cambridge,
London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies est. 1917