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The Home Rule Party under John Redmond, 1900-12

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Question 1

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

Question 2

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How did Redmond become interested in politics?
Answer
  • 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.

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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What goals did Redmond have?
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  • 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

Question 11

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Why did the Home Rule leaders unify?
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  • 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.

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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When the Devolution Scheme was proposed to John Redmond in 1904, what was his reaction?
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  • 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.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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A series of reforms (4) were introduced to benefit Ireland....
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  • 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)

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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After the failure of the Irish Council Bill, what happened to the Home Rule party?
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  • 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.

Question 30

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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.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Why did David Lloyd George need to introduce a tough budget to raise £16 million?
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  • 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.

Question 32

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How did Redmond handle the Budget Crisis?
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  • 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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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Why was Redmond happy with the Third Home Rule Bill?
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  • 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

Question 38

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