Mechanics Quiz Flashcards
(41 cards)
How many seats did the Liberal Party win in the 1906 election?
399
What was the seat number and vote percentage won by the IPP in 1906?
82 seats; 0.7% vote
Who were the liberal party leaders between 1899-1921?
- Henry Campbell Bannerman (HCB)
- Herbert Asquith
- David Lloyd George
When was the People’s Budget introduced?
1909
What socialist legislations were introduced by the Liberals towards the end of the period?
- Free School Meals
- Old Age Pensions Act
- National insurance Act
Who said: “This is a war budget. It is for raising money to wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness”
David Lloyd George
How many seats did the Liberals win in the January 1910 election?
274
How many seats did the Liberals win in the December 1910 election?
272
When did the People’s Budget finally pass through the Commons AND Lords?
1910
What is the date of the Parliament Act?
1911
Where did Asquith make a speech pledging support for Home Rule?
Albert Hall
In what year was a Third Home Rule Bill first introduced into the Commons?
1912
How many MPs would sit at Westminster in the terms of the Third Home Rule Bill?
42
Who called the Liberal/IPP pact over the Lords and Home Rule “A corrupt bargain”?
Andrew Bonar Law
In what year and month did the Ulster Unionist Council open an armament fund?
November 1910
How many people attended an anti-Home Rule demonstration in September 1911?
50,000
How many people attended an anti-Home Rule demonstration in April 1912?
100,000
Mechanics for the anti-Home Rule demonstration in April 1912?
- It had the biggest Union flag ever made
- A “Covenant Day” was proclaimed by the Ulster Unionist Council
- 70 British Conservative MPs attended the meeting
In July 1912 Bonar Law stated that “I can imagine no length of resistance to which Ulster can go in which I should not be prepared to support them”. Where did he make that speech?
Blenheim Palace
Who said it?: “We welcome, aye we love every individual Irishman, even though opposed to us”
Edward Carson
Which key figure fought in the Boer War before going into Irish politics?
James Craig
Which key figure trained as a lawyer at Trinity College and acted as a Crown Prosecutor before going into Irish politics?
Edward Carson
Roughly how many people signed the Covenant that pledged to use “all means necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule Parliament in Ireland”?
500,000
When was the UVF formed?
January 1913
