British empire section 2.5

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What was the Khaki election?
Where in Second Anglo Boer War, the British forces became known as 'khakis' because their uniforms were khaki, they won impressive victory which increased support for empire
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What was the Royal Colonial Institute?
Founded 1870, provided meeting for those interested in colonial and Indian affairs
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What was the Victoria League?
Founded 1901, a non-political organisation founded by women to promote a closer union in British empire through 'hospitality, fundraising, friendship and education'
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What was the Round Table movement?
Founded 1909, to promote a closer union between Britain and its self governing colonies
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Name another pro imperial group
Empire Day movement, begun being celebrated 1902
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How did Lord Beaverbrook promote empire?
Writer for Daily Express in 1916, emphasised the 'imperial family' and promoted imperialist values
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Who was John A.Hobson?
Economist who wrote Imperialism in 1902, concluded imperial expansion as 'capitalist plot'
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Who was Emily Hobhouse?
In her 'Report of a visit to the Camps of Women and Children in the Cape and Orange River Colonies' she exposed the truth about Second Anglo Boer War, scorched earth policy and the concentration camps
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What was the result of Hobhouse's reseach?
Her findings were corroborated by 1901 Fawcett Commission which concluded that 27,927 Boer people had been killed,20,000/130,000 black people placed in these camps died, lead to considerable criticism of British government
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Who was Herbert Spencer?
Philosopher, coined term 'survival of fittest' which was used to excuse social darwinism
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Who was Walter Crane?
An children's book artist who used his job to create anti-war illustrations in order to discourage imperialism
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Who was William Digby?
Writer and propagandist who set up Indian Political and General Agency to raise awareness over Indian grievances in British parliament
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How did British media discourage empire?
Spoke about need for 'national efficiency'
Exposed that 40% of men were deemed unfit for military service
Britain referred to as 'nation of amateurs'
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How did newspapers discourage empire?
DailyMail reported on Second Anglo Boer War where British damned the Boers, sold 1M copies a day, Mail spoke poorly of Germans who were conveyed as a threat to British empire
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Give a name of a pro-empire book
With Clive in India, was bestselling
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Who was Rudyard Kipling?
Pro imperialist writer, believed in superiority of British race, wrote poem 'The White Man's Burden', recieved nobel prize for literature in 1907
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What were Gilbert and Sullivan operas?
Operas that conveyed imperialist message through nationalistic music
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Who was Edward Elgar?
Imperial composer which captured 'the nobility of empire', writing an 'Imperial March' for Queen Victoria diamond jubilee (1897)
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List some comics that were read in schools to children
E.J Brett's 'Boys of the empire', 'Boys of England' and 'Young men of Great Britain'. The Religious Tract Society secured a readership between quarter-half million of their books 'Girl's own paper and Boy's own paper'
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Who was Howard Handley Spicer? What did he set up?
Set up Boys' Empire League which had 7000 members by 1900, one of the prizes was a free passage to one of the colonies. Also produced the Boys of Our Empire magazine.
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Who was Ellen Joyce?
Colonial emigration of The Girls Friendly Society, had 200,000 members by 1914, she encouraged girls to consider emigration to improve themselves
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What is Empire Day?
A day dedicated to celebrating and boasting about the 'glorious' empire
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Who was Robert Baden-Powell?
A 'hero' of Second Anglo-Boer war, established the Boy Scout movement in 1908, his handbook Scouting for Boys encouraged members to 'be a friend to all the world'
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How did Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee boast about empire?
Representatives from all aspects of empire, 50,000 people gathered to celebrate colonial power and dominance
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How was empire represented in architecture?
Edwin Lutyers designed both Johannesburg Art Gallery and the British Pavilion, they represented imperialism
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Name a game that was pro-imperialist
'Trading with the colonies'
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Who was an anti-imperialist group?
Middle class taxpayers who formed anti-empire group in commons
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