Metropolitan Politics

Question 1

What happened between the liberal rule of 1906-1914?

Answer 1

Imperialism declined as a political topic, as liberals wanted to stay away from colonial conflict and excessive colonialism associated with the right wing. The continuance of empire was not questioned

Question 2

In what administration did Imperialism decline as a political topic?

Answer 2

Liberal rule of 1906-14

Question 3

When had General Gordon died?

Answer 3

January 1885

Question 4

What happened in January 1885?

Answer 4

General Gordon died

Question 5

What did one member of parliament say about Gladstone after the Gordon’s affair?

Answer 5

‘That Anti-Christ whose advent was foretold as the prelude of the end of the world’

Question 6

Why did one parliament member say ‘That Anti-Christ whose advent was foretold as the prelude of the end of the world’?

Answer 6

This was said about Gladstone after the Gordon’s affair

Question 7

What did one member of the press say about Gladstone’s name universally after the Gordon’s affair?

Answer 7

His name was ‘held up to execrations (curse) this day wherever the English language is spoken’

Question 8

What was the impact of the press saying that Gladstone’s name was ‘held up to execrations (curse) this day wherever the English language is spoken’?

Answer 8

Showed that the countries dedication to imperialism was greater than that of Gladstone’s but this reaction can be said because it was a murdered hero

Question 9

What was passed in 1884?

Answer 9

Reform Act

Question 10

When was the reform act passed?

Answer 10

1884

Question 11

What was the 1884 Reform Acts?

Answer 11

Increased voting rights

Question 12

What made people more politically aware?

Answer 12

1870 Education Act

1867: Extension of voting
1884: Reforms Act

Question 13

What was the impact of:
1870 Education Act
1867: Extension of voting
1884: Reforms Act

Answer 13

Made people more politically aware

Question 14

What happened in 1867?

Answer 14

Extension of vote

Question 15

When was there an extension of the vote?

Answer 15

1867

Question 16

What happened in 1872?

Answer 16

Disraeli gave a speech, where he announced the Tory parties aim to ‘uphold the empire of England’s’ and build ‘an imperial country- a county where your sons when they rise to paramount positions, and obtain not merely the esteem of their countrymen, but command the respect of the world’

Question 17

What did Disraeli say in his 1872 speech?

Answer 17

He announced the Tory parties aim to ‘uphold the empire of England’s’ and build ‘an imperial country- a county where your sons when they rise to paramount positions, and obtain not merely the esteem of their countrymen, but command the respect of the world’

Question 18

Who announced the Tory parties aim to ‘uphold the empire of England’s’ and build ‘an imperial country- a county where your sons when they rise to paramount positions, and obtain not merely the esteem of their countrymen, but command the respect of the world’?

Answer 18

1872: Disraeli speech

Question 19

What happened in 1874?

Answer 19

Ashanti War

Question 20

When was the Ashanti War?

Answer 20

1874

Question 21

What happened in the 1874 Ashanti War?

Answer 21

British force, led by Garent Wolseley challenged the supremacy of the Ashanti kingdom

Question 22

What happened during Gladstone’s 1880 election campaign?

Answer 22

Attacked the conservative governmetn on the position of empire:
Condemning British policy in Afghanistan and Zulu War
Helped the liberal win their greatest majorities and became prime minister

Question 23

What happened in January 1885?

Answer 23

Gordon of Khartoum was murdered by Mahdist forces and was labelled as a villain

Question 24

What did one MP call Gladstone after the murder of Gordon in January 1885?

Answer 24

‘That anarchist’

Question 25

Who referred to Gladstone as ‘that anarchist’ after the murder of Gordon in January 1885?

Answer 25

One MP

Question 26

Between 18880 and 1900, what happened to British foreign trade?

Answer 26

Increased by only 25%

Question 27

How much was British export value in 1880?

Answer 27

£223 million

Question 28

When was the British export value £223 million?

Answer 28

1880

Question 29

What was the value of the British exports in 1900?

Answer 29

£291 million

Question 30

What was the German export value in 1880?

Answer 30

£142 million

Question 31

What was the German export value in 1900?

Answer 31

£231 million

Question 32

Between 1880-1900, what was the percentage increase in exports by Britain?

Answer 32

25%

Question 33

Between 1880-1900, what was the export increase in Germany?

Answer 33

63%