Key Issue 1 Qs unsure of... Flashcard set 2

Flashcard set 2

Who called for the first January 1910 General Election?

Edward VII

Why did Edward the VII call for the general election? What bill did he want to pass that would cause a significant change to the constitution?

Finance Bill

Since 1885, Home Rule had been a liberal policy, what was it known as now? … politics.

Practical Politics

January 1910 results?

274 liberals - 272 conservatives

What form of government did the PM Asquith hope to solve the Irish Question with?

Form of Devolved government.

Due to deadlock the leaders Balfour (Conservatives) and Asquith (Liberals) entered into talks for how long? Months - from ... to …

June to November

What kind of settlement did they discuss for solving the Irish Question?

Federal Settlement

The December 1910 results closer than ever before what were they?

272 - 271 Liberals to Conservatives

The Conservatives put up every obstacle they could against the Parliament Act of February 1911, such as the …ammendments?

900

How many clauses did the Parliament Act of February 1911 contain? Which one was most important?

3 Clauses

• Most important 1st one: Lords can NOT amend/reject any money bill.

How many attended Carson’s Craigavon speech on 23rd September 1911? What organisation were they mainly from?

• 50,000

• Orange Order

Carson said that “the morning Home Rule passes we must be prepared to protect… what?

…”The Protestant Province of Ulster.”

Southern Unionists took umbridge at Carson’s inflammatory speech as he called for extra-parliamentary tactics working with parliamentary groups. True or False?

True

In Autumn 1911, when the new Conservative party leader was being chosen, the two likely contenders, Long and Chamberlain agreed that Law would be a good ‘CC’ - nickname explain?

Consolation Compromise

At Balmoral with 100,000 attendees, Law addresses Unionists in his speech, finish the quote. “You hold the … for the empire”.

“Pass”.

When Law and Carson grasp each other’s hands in full view of the crowd they signify the growing bond between Conservativism and Unionism, what sort of opposition with nationalists be threatened with?

Fierce opposition.

June 1912, Liberal Backbencher TG Agar Robartes propses the Home Rule bill amendment, he quotes “I have never heard that…(continue)

“Orange bitters will mix well with Irish whiskey”|.

How many people attended Bonar Law’s Blenheim speech in July 1912?

13,000

His speech is all about Brinkmanship and he states that he’s willing to go to any length to support the Ulster Unionists’ use of violence. Asquith as Liberal PM is shocked due to Law’s apparent disregard for what process?

Constitutional process.

When Craig drafted the Solemn League and Covenant, what old age Scottish Covenant what year was it produced?

1580

What did the Irish News refer the Solemn League and Covenant as? “A silly…

masquerade”.

What did the Freeman’s Journal refer to it as? “An … farce”.

“An impressive farce.”

On 1st January 1913, what did QC Carson propose as an ammendment ? What would be excluded from HR?

The entire province of Ulster- all 9 counties.

How did the House of Lords react to the amendment? It was…

Immediately thrown out.

By the end of 1913, the year of its creation how many UVF members were there to boast?

90,000

Quote Pádraig Pearse in response to the UVF using dummy rifles to train: “For it is a goodly thing to see…”

“arms in the hands of Irish men”

Name 3 Corps established along with the UVF?

• Medical Corps

• Nursing Corps

• Motor car Corps

What does the Loreburn letter do for the Liberals again, just as it had when TG Agar Robartes spoke out? What does it undermine and signal? Loreburn encourages what between party leaders and at what Royal Residence?

Undermine Liberal position, it signals that the Liberals are willing to compromise, to prevent descent into civil war, Loreburn encourages talks between party leaders at the royal residence of Balmoral.

In October 1913, what speech from Churchill encourages Carson and Law to defend Ulster?

Churchill’s Dundee speech

Redmond is initially complacent in his response to Churchill’s Dundee Speech but later in Limerick refers to it as the … of the Irish nation?

Mutilation

Give the 3 consecutive months for the Asquith and Bonar Law meetings at Cherkley Court?

October, November, December.

When Carson rejected the temporary exclusion of the 6 counties, Asquith believed that his offer was reasonable, he was in essence, offering him “… within…”

“HR within HR”

Asquith’s “… and…” approach of biding his time was allowing him to reap dividend?

“Wait and See” approach.

The IVF used the UVF as their model. What date was the IVF founded?

25th November 1913

Eoin MacNeill from Glenarm founded the IVF, who had he found the Gaelic League with in 1893?

Douglas Hyde

During the Curragh Mutiny, what was the name of the commander-in-chief of troops in Ireland who was summoned to London?

Sir Arthur Paget.

How many men was Sir Arthur Paget instructed to move for a possible rebellion in Ulster?

800 men

Give the dates of the Curragh Mutiny- lasted overnight

24th-25th April 1914.

During the Curragh Mutiny, Paget summoned his brigadiers to inform them of written permission the following morning at 10am to be absent from duty. How many rifles were transported?

24,600

Finish the quote of Bardon, scholar on the Curragh Mutiny. “The gun has returned…”

“centre-stage to Irish politics”.

What was Redmond afraid of the IVF becoming and how would this affect his own party (the IPP)?

Feared that the…

• IVF would infiltrate or control the Nationalist movement.

• IVF would become a law unto themselves.

• IVF would become a rival to the IPP.

As a result of Redmond’s fears, how many IPP men does he encourage to join the provisional committee of the IVF?

30 

What did Redmond believe that the provision committee should give the IPP control of?

Control of the government.

True or False, Even with this Redmond is an artificial leader/figurehead and thing are going ahead as planned under his nose? Give an example of this?…

True such as the plans for the Howth gun-running.

In June 1914, Asquith, desperate for compromise, introduces an amending bill as he is desperate for compromise. The Unionists want to alter this amendment by including all nine Ulster counties to be excluded from Home Rule. What was this conference called?

The Buckingham Palace conference.

Name the 2 key figures involved in the IVF Howth, Co. Dublin gunrunning?

• Sir Roger Casement

• Erskine Childers

Who was Roger Casement? Years

• 1864-1916

• Irish patriot and human rights activist

• British diplomat

What was writer Erskine Childers’ born-nationality and political stance?

English born Republican.

Childers’ yacht ‘the Asgard’ sailed where in Germany? And when it came back to Dublin was it stopped and arms seized from the Dublin Metropolitan Police? Yes/No

Hamburg, Yes

How many rifles and arms of ammunition were loaded onto the Asgard?

• 1,500 rifles

• 45,000 rounds of ammunition

Give the date Britain declared war on Germany?…August 1914.

…4th August 1914.

Given the start of the war leaders wanted to give a picture of national unity, but Bonar Law and Carson both hoped Asquith would now have the time to persuade the nationalists of their hope for a … county exclusion of HR. How many counties did the Unionists hope to be permanently excluded from HR.

6

Give the month and year HR is placed in the Statute Book. Along with it, what is it accompanied by?

• September 1914

• A suspensory act.

What were the remaining 3 Ulster counties that Carson abandoned when he felt that he could only achieve permanent HR exclusion for the 6 with a Protestant majority in Ulster?

• Cavan

• Monaghan

• Donegal