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Mind Map by dottydiva96, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by dottydiva96
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Imperialism's popularity
declined 1880 -1902
- Public had to pay more taxes
- Public were strongly
against methods used in
the Boer War 1899-1902
- The empire's costs
outweighed the benefits
- Only really benefit the
higher classes
- By the end of the
Boer War, Britain was
paying £6mil a day
- Some felt that
international free trade
was undermined
- Only really benefit the
higher classes
- Liberal Party split
into pro-imperialists
and anti-imperialists
- 1900 Khaki Election
- Many working class
reected pro-war
candidates
- Many weren't voting
pro-imperialist but
rather against the
Liberals who favoured
Irish Home Rule
- Conservatives only beat
the Liberals by 400, 000
more votes
- Many working class
reected pro-war
candidates
- Many WC men joined
the army to escape
poverty and
unemployment in Britain
- 1902 - the Liberal
Imperialists were a small
minority
- 22, 000 men died in the Boer War
- Attrocities of Boer
War alienated
British Public
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