Britain

Question 1

What was Disraeli’s initial attitude towards the empire?

Answer 1

Felt it was a ‘mill-stone around our neck’

Question 2

The periods when Disraeli was PM

Answer 2

• 1868
• 1874-80

Question 3

In what year did attitudes towards the empire apparently change?

Answer 3

1870

Question 4

Which party was the ‘party of the empire’?

Answer 4

Conservatives

Question 5

What speech did Disraeli give in 1877?

Answer 5

Crystal Palace speech

Question 6

What did Disraeli announce in his Crystal Palace speech?

Answer 6

his support for maintaining the empire

Question 7

When was the Reform Act which extended the suffrage?

Answer 7

1867

Question 8

What was Gladstone’s attitude towards the empire?

Answer 8

Consolidate rather than extend

Question 9

What was Disraeli accused of encouraging?

Answer 9

Jingoism

Question 10

How many more men could vote after the Reform Act 1884?

Answer 10

5.5 million

Question 11

When was the second Reform Act which extended the suffrage?

Answer 11

1884

Question 12

What act was passed in 1870?

Answer 12

The Education Act

Question 13

Imperialist literature examples

Answer 13

• Boy’s own paper
• She
• King Soloman’s mines

Question 14

What youth groups was created to promoted imperialist values?

Answer 14

Scouts

Question 15

When was Origin of the Species published?

Answer 15

1859

Question 16

What was published in 1859 which reinforced the idea that the British were racially superior?

Answer 16

Origin of the Species

Question 17

Who published Origin of the Species?

Answer 17

Charles Darwin

Question 18

When was the Great Exhibition held?

Answer 18

1851

Question 19

What was hosted in 1886?

Answer 19

Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Question 20

What did London host in 1890?

Answer 20

Africa Exhibition

Question 21

What did the press focus on?

Answer 21

• The heroism of British explorers and soldiers
• The brutality of natives