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Boer War
Karten in diesem Stapel (23)
- 1Who was The Times aimed at and how much did it cost?Middle class men, 2d
- 2Who was the Daily mail aimed at and how much did it cost?Lower middle class and working class, 1/2d
- 3What was the issue with moving pictures in the Boer War?They moved too fast so enemies could not be seen and the fighting is fake
- 4What was Buller's relationship to the press?He ignored them
- 5How did Bobs manipulate the press?He would praise them, let them use the telegraph network in return for good press, and he would conquer a city and then fake it again for cameras
- 6What did the real bobs sauce show?He knew the world he lived in
- 7What was Kitchener's relationship with the press?He tightened censorship
- 8What did the british press do in July 1900?Printed a story saying they've won
- 9When did censorship collapse?When Emily Hobhouse went to South Africa to the concentration camps, tells her brother who is a reporter and the story is published
- 10Where was Chamberlain popular?Birmingham
- 11What was Lloyd George famous for?His opposition to the Boer War
- 12What did the Esher Report 1904 do?Look at ways to make the army more efficient, it recommends changes to training, and looking at how Germany run their army
- 13What were the divisions of the army recommended by the Esher report?The territorial army (defending Britain, volunteers, reserves)
British Expeditionary Force (fight overseas) - 14How many British men were too unfit to fight?1/3
- 15Why were the men unfit to fight? And what caused these problems?They had rickets or were malnourished. This was caused by poverty.
- 16What did Liberals want to do?Introduce social reforms so that 90% of men were able to work and fight
- 17How many local authorities offered free school meals by 1912? (Introduced 1906)50%
- 18What happened to infant mortality?Decreased by 35%
- 19What did the Housing and Planning Act 1910 do?Demolish slums and build new homes so that they had decent housing for low cost
- 20Why did people lose faith in the war?In 1906, Britain shipped in slaves from China, despite going to war to abolish slavery
- 21Why were the pensions in 1908 not a success?They were for over 70s and life expectancy in the slums was only 45
- 22Why was the 1907 Education Act not a success?It introduced medical inspections in schools for poor people who could not afford a doctor, but they could be diagnosed, but not treated
- 23When was Black week?Feb 1900
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- Karteikarten am Boer War, erstellt von eharveyhudl am 20/05/2015.
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