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AQA A Level History- IJ The British Empire c.1857-1967 > Unit 1: Topic 6: Attitudes to Imperialism in Britain > Flashcards

Unit 1: Topic 6: Attitudes to Imperialism in Britain Flashcards

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When did Disraeli claim the colonies were ‘millstones around our necks’?

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1852

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When was Viceroy Robert Lytton Viceroy?

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1876-1880

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When did Viceroy Lytton launch an invasion into Afghanistan?

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November 1878

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How many troops did Viceroy Lytton lose in his fight with Afghanistan?

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1,000- double the Afghanistan losses

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When was the treaty of Gandamak and what did it secure?

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  • 1879
  • Secured the strategic North-West frontier in Afghanistan
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What did Gladstone promise about empire?

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‘To abstain from any territorial acquisitions.’

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When was the British government and people’s anti-imperialist?

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1800-1870

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What organisation recommended withdrawal from West Africa due to cost and when?

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1865- Parliamentary Select Committee

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9
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When was the liberal Lord Palmerston Prime Minister?

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  • 1855-1858
  • 1859-65
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When did Palmerston bomb Canton after a British ship was attacked by China?

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1856

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When did Disraeli start to promote imperialism?

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1870s

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12
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When did the Turkish massacre thousands of Christians in Bulgaria and Disraeli turn a blind eye?

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1876

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When did Russia declare war on Turkey and Disraeli express his support for the Ottomans?

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1877

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What did the northwest frontier in Afghanistan become and when?

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North West Frontier Province of India- 1901

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When did Gladstone try to improve the condition of Irish peasantry with church and land reforms?

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1868-74

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When did the Irish home rule movement grow in popularity and who was it led by?

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1860s

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When did Gladstone introduce the Home Rule Bill for Ireland and it fail to pass?

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1886 and 1893

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Which imperialist group broke away from the Liberals after the Irish Home Rule Bill?

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The Unionists

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When was the Disraeli Prime Minister?

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1868 and 1874-1880

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When was Gladstone Prime Minister?

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  • 1868-74
  • 1880-85
  • 1886
  • 1892-1894
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When did the Disraeli give his Crystal Palace speech?

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1872

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What did Disraeli claim in his Crystal Palace speech?

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  • ‘no minister in this country will do his duty who neglects… our colonial empire’
  • Claimed the Conservative party were the ‘party of empire’
  • India was the ‘Jewel in the Crown of Britain’
  • Liberals would allow the empire to ‘disintegrate’
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Who was the conservative Prime Minister after Disraeli?

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Lord Salisbury

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Which election campaign did Gladstone go on, during which he expressed his contempt for Disraelis imperialist attitude?

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The Midlothian campaign.

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Which was the first Reform Act to increase the vote and how much did it increase the vote by

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  • 1867 Refrom Act
  • 1 million to 2.5 million
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Before Disraeli came to power in 1874, when was the last time the Conservatives had won an election?

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1840

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When did Disraeli buy shares in the Suez Canal and how much were they worth?

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1875- £4 million

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Which act did Disraeli pass making Queen Victoria Empress of India and when?

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The 1877 Royal Titles Act

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Which viceroy did Disraeli appoint to India?

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Viceroy Robert Lytton

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When was the Transvaal annexed under Disraeli?

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1877

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When did the British under Disraeli fight wars against the Zulus and Pedi?

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1879

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When did Disraeli and Viceroy Lytton invade Afghanistan?

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Novmber 1878

33
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Which treaty turned Afghanistan into a client state, when and which lands did the British gain?

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Treaty of Gandamak- 1879- North West Frontier

34
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When did the 1st Boer War start under Gladstone?

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December 1880

35
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Which battle ended the 1st Boer War, when was it and how many troops did the British lose?

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Battle of Majuba Hill- February 1881- 150 troops

36
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Which document did the British under Gladstone sign granting the Boers independence and when?

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The Convention of Pretoria- August 1881

37
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When did the Mahdist rebellion start?

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1884

38
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When did the Germans claim New Guinea and what did they name it?

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1884- Kaiser Wilhelmsland

39
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Who did Gladstone order to occupy Queenslands southeastern zone and establish British control to combat German annexation in New Guinea?

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The Premiership of Queensland Thomas MacIlwraith (Australia)

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When did Gladstone introduce the Irish Home Rule Bill?

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1886

41
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Which rulers did Gladstone allow to rule Bechuanaland?

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Local Tswana rulers

42
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When was the Battle of Isandlwana where the British faced heavy losses?

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January 1879

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When was the Battle of Ulundi where the British beat the Zulus, burning their capital city to the ground?

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July 1879

44
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How many troops did the British lose in Afghanistan?

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10,000- double the Afghan losses

45
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When did Disraeli broker peace between Russia and Turkey and what was the meeting called?

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1878- The Congress of Berlin

46
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Which title did Disraeli receive from Queen Victoria?

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The Earldom of Beaconsfield

47
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When did Disraeli lose the general election partly due to defeats in Imperial Wars?

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1880

48
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When did the British Navy sent by Gladstone bomb Alexandria?

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July 1882

49
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Who fought and defeated Arabi Pasha in Egypt and where did this happen?

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Sir Garnet Wolseley defeated Arabi Pasha at Tel-el-Kebir

50
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When was the Berlin Conference?

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1884-1885

51
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Which lands did Gladstone convert into protectorates?

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Somaliland and Bechuanaland

52
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When did Gladstone resign and who was he replaced by?

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1885- replaced by Conservative Lord Salisbury

53
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When was the second Parliamentary Reform Act and how many people did it extend the vote to?

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1884- 5.5 million more men

54
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When did public support for the empire begin to increase?

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The 1860s

55
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When did Disraeli begin to support the empire?

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1870s

56
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When was the Education Act?

A

1870

57
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When were the two Reform Acts.

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1867 and 1884

58
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When did Disraeli win his election?

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1874

59
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When did Charles Darwin publish the Origin of Species?

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1859

60
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Who was Darwin’s cousin that came up with the Social Darwinism, what phrase did he create and when did he do this?

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  • Herbert Specer
  • Survival of the fittest
  • 1864
61
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What study is the study of skulls believed to be linked to behaviour?

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Phrenology

62
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What is the term for false claims based on science?

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Pseudoscience

63
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What were the British public’s views of empire and race?

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  • Saw the empire as an ‘empire of races’
  • Believed their way of life ‘infinitely superior’
64
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What types of media did missionaries produce?

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  • Missionary pamphlets
  • Newspapers
  • Sunday School stories
65
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How many women and children were killed in the Cawnpore massacre and when was the Cawnpore massacre?

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200 women and children
June 1857

66
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Which soldier from the Indian Mutiny did the press raise funds to build a statue of in Trafalgar Square and what cities did he recapture?

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  • Major-General Havelock
  • Recaptured Cawnpore and Lucknow
67
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When did the press report on Arabi Pasha’s rebellion?

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1882

68
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When did the press report on their outrage at Gladstone for the death of Gordon?

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1885

69
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What was the name of a famous social darwinist book about explorers who meet a ‘superior’ white African population, who wrote it and when was it published?

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  • ‘She’
  • By H. Rider Haggard
  • 1887
70
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Which imperialist comic appealed to young Victorian boys?

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The Boys Own Paper

71
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Who founded the scouts and girl guides movement to instil imperialist military ideals in children?

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Colonel Robert Baden Powell

72
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When was the boys brigade formed?

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1883

73
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When was the international exhibition in South Kensington and how many exhibits were there?

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  • 1862
  • 28,000 exhibitors- 7,000 from India
  • 36 countries
74
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What type of village was brought to London’s Alexandria Palace and when?

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  • A Sudanese Nubian village with animlas and people
  • 1877
75
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When was the Colonial and Indian exhibition displaying Indian craftspeople as ‘living exhibitions’?

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1886

76
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When was the Africa Exhibition celebrating Henry Morgan Stanley’s travels?

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1890

77
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What were the main colonial exhibitions in this time period?

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  • International Exhibition in South Kensington- 1862
  • Nubian Village at Alexandria Palace- 1877
  • Colonial and Indian Exhibition- 1886
  • Africa Exhibition- 1890

AQA A Level History- IJ The British Empire c.1857-1967 (13 decks)

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