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The Home Rule Party under John Redmond, 1900-12

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A quiz on the history of the Home Rule Party under John Redmond, review your answers at the end for further explanation.
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Questão 1

Questão
What county was John Redmond born in?
Responda
  • Wexford
  • Dublin
  • Waterford
  • Louth

Questão 2

Questão
How did Redmond become interested in politics?
Responda
  • He saw Parnell speaking at an event and became inspired.
  • His father was killed by the IRB, and he felt obliged to avenge him.
  • His father was a Home Rule MP.
  • His father was a Conservative MP.

Questão 3

Questão
What year did he get elected, and for what county?
Responda
  • 1870, Co. Waterford
  • 1883, Co. Donegal
  • 1880, Co. Waterford
  • 1881, Co. Wexford

Questão 4

Questão
What did he do in the years 1883 and 1884?
Responda
  • He joined the IRB.
  • He toured Australia and the USA.
  • He toured Europe.
  • He went to parliament.

Questão 5

Questão
What faction did Redmond become leader of after Parnell's death in 1891?
Responda
  • Anti-Parnellites
  • Parnellites
  • Healyites
  • The United Irish League

Questão 6

Questão
Later that year, he was elected as MP of Waterford, beating Michael Davitt. How long did he hold this position for?
Responda
  • 1 year
  • 10 years
  • The rest of his life
  • 5 years

Questão 7

Questão
What was the largest of the three anti-Parnellite groups from 1891-1900?
Responda
  • Healyites, led by Tim Healy
  • The United Irish League, led by William O'Brien
  • The anti-Parnellites, led by John Dillon.

Questão 8

Questão
How many seats did the Parnellites win in the general election of 1892?
Responda
  • 2
  • 9
  • 30
  • 16

Questão 9

Questão
What years did John Redmond take place in the Recess Committe?
Responda
  • 1894
  • 1895
  • 1896
  • 1897

Questão 10

Questão
What goals did Redmond have?
Responda
  • To show that they could be independent from the Catholic Church
  • To improve relations with the Catholic Church
  • To get Irish protestants to support them
  • To reduce tensions with Anglo-Irish landlords

Questão 11

Questão
Why did the Home Rule leaders unify?
Responda
  • The centenary of the 1798 Rising inspired them to get over their petty differences
  • Tenants were becoming more and more radical and violent, inspired by the United Irish League
  • They were worried about getting expelled from parliament.
  • They were worried about constructive unionism.

Questão 12

Questão
After uniting, with Redmond the leader, the Home Rule Party won the 1900 elections.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

Questão
What did the new Home Rule Party focus on?
Responda
  • Land reform
  • Taxation
  • Education
  • All of the above

Questão 14

Questão
The United Irish League was dismantled by the united Home Rule Party
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 15

Questão
The Home Rule Party took an active role in issues outside of Irish ones
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 16

Questão
Redmond shared the views of the Radicals in his party
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 17

Questão
When was the Land Conference held?
Responda
  • December 1902
  • November 1903
  • December 1903
  • November 1902

Questão 18

Questão
Everyone was happy about the Wyndham Land Act
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 19

Questão
What was the relationship between Redmond and Dillon?
Responda
  • They were enemies and rivals.
  • Distrusting that evolved to mutual respect
  • Friends that evolved to rivals and enemies
  • Distrusting

Questão 20

Questão
Dillon was opposed to co-operating with unionists.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
When the Devolution Scheme was proposed to John Redmond in 1904, what was his reaction?
Responda
  • He criticized the scheme outright.
  • He supported it fully.
  • He supported it, but withdrew support when Dillon opposed it.
  • He gave no opinion on the scheme.
  • It was clear that Redmond had to suppress his more conservative views in order to maintain Dillon's support.

Questão 22

Questão
O'Brien resigned from the party as he was unhappy with Redmond.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 23

Questão
What organisations were Joseph Devlin in charge of?
Responda
  • The United Irish League (1903)
  • The Ancient Order of Hibernians (1905)
  • The Protestant Orange Order (1900)
  • Sinn Féin (1903)

Questão 24

Questão
What year did the Liberals return to government?
Responda
  • 1905
  • 1906
  • 1907
  • 1909.

Questão 25

Questão
Home Rule was seen as an irritating and time-consuming issue that caused a diversion.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 26

Questão
A series of reforms (4) were introduced to benefit Ireland....
Responda
  • The Evicted Tenants Act, 1907
  • The Old Age Pensions Act, 1908
  • The Ashbourne Land Act (1908)
  • The Balfour Land Act (1909)
  • The Universities Act (1908)
  • The Birrell land Act (1909)

Questão 27

Questão
Augustine Birrell and James Bryce were the new Chief Secretary and Under-Secretary for the Liberal Party.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 28

Questão
The Irish Council Bill was based on the 1904 Devolution Scheme
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 29

Questão
After the failure of the Irish Council Bill, what happened to the Home Rule party?
Responda
  • Support fell away and they were attacked by Sinn Féin.
  • They continued to be supported by Irish people.
  • People turned on them and attacked them.
  • They were shut down by the British government.

Questão 30

Questão
In 1909, tension was building between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Many laws of the Liberals were blocked by the Lords, and people were unhappy.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 31

Questão
Why did David Lloyd George need to introduce a tough budget to raise £16 million?
Responda
  • He needed to compete with the German navy
  • He needed to cover the costs of the old age pensions
  • There was a recession
  • There was to be a royal wedding.

Questão 32

Questão
How did Redmond handle the Budget Crisis?
Responda
  • He threatened to support the Conservatives if he didn't get Home Rule
  • He supported the Liberals but told the Conservatives that he would support them if he got Home Rule

Questão 33

Questão
H.H. Asquith declared that the Liberals would introduce Home Rule in December 1909.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 34

Questão
Home Rulers had the balance of power in 1910
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 35

Questão
The Parliament Bill wanted to abolish the House of Lords
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 36

Questão
What was announced on 11th April 1912?
Responda
  • Home Rule was to be passed
  • Asquith was retiring
  • World War 1 had broken out

Questão 37

Questão
Why was Redmond happy with the Third Home Rule Bill?
Responda
  • It was based off Gladstone's previous bills.
  • It proposed Home Rule for all of Ireland.
  • Ireland would receive its own parliament.
  • The Crown would not be represented in Ireland

Questão 38

Questão
When was the Home Rule Bill passed?
Responda
  • January 1913
  • February 1914
  • February 1913
  • March 1913

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