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Trade Union Congress (TUC)
- Federal Body
- Nominate party leaders
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Keir Hardie
First working class member of parliament. -
Jameson Raid
- Organized by Cecil Rhodes (Diamond Guy)
- Unsuccessful
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Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Time of reflection, like the milennium.
- Church of England remained established
- Elitist traditions were upheld
- 1/6 British men could vote
- No revolution
- Industrial revolution
- British people thought of themselves as a "Greater Britain" -
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Boer War
- Hard to sell the war to the people
- British think the war will end by Christmas, but because of the guerilla war tactics of the Boers, it takes much longer.
- Tory Party controls war, while the liberal party criticizes the war tactics.
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Lord Robers and Lord Kitchener are sent to South Africa
Methods are questionable:
- Concentration camps
- Separation of Boers from Africans
- Burning everything in their path -
Khaki Election
- Wartime election
- Lots of political mudslinging
- Concessions by the empire
- Treaties are quickly being drawn to protect the rest of the British colonies
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Labor Representation Commitee (LRC)
- Keir Hardie
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Taff Vale Case
- Makes trade unions responsible for damages caused by strike
- Workers realize they need to represent themselves
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Gladstone-MacDonald Pact
Liberals don't want to split the progressive vote so they give 30 seats to laborers. -
General Election
Election is a landslide in favor of the liberal party. -
Campaign of Terrorism
- Bombings on busses in India
- British detectives are sent to stop the terrorism
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People's Budget
- Redistribution of wealth
- Death duties
- Land tax
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Osborne Judgement
-Unions could not raise political funds
-It takes money to get people elected and then pay their salary
-Huge hit to the labor party -
Election of 1910
- Vote for liberals, vote for peoples budget
- Vote for conservatives, vote for house of lords
- Liberals win and try to pass the budget again
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Parliament Act of 1911
- Removed veto power from the house of lords
- House of lords only had suspensive veto power
- Parmliament elections must happen every 5 years
- House of commons becomes much more powerful
- Issue of home rule for Ireland is back in play
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National Insurance Scheme
- Very smal amount of money
- Not universal
- Could collect for a very limited time period
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Ulster Day
- Civil and religious freedom
- Threatening to fight, indicating violence
- UVF, importing guns from Germany
- Foreshadowing civil war
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World War 1
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Home Rule for Ireland
Home rule becomes law in 1914, but is suspended due to the outbreak of World War 1 -
Defense of the Realm Act (DORA)
- Empower government to take over factories, land and anything else to help the war effort
- Censorship
- Ministry of information
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Asquith Coalition Government
- Brought conservatives into cabinet
- Ministry of Munitions
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Treasury Agreements
Promised to give jobs back to the trade unions after the war -
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David Lloyd George Coalition Government
- Liberal split
- Conservative center of gravity
- War cabinet
- New ministries of shipping, food, and labor
- Businessmen
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The 'Coupon Election'
Home fit for heroes? -
Art Commissioned by Government
Paul Nash and John Singer Sargent are commissioned by the government to paint the Great War. -
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Ramsay MacDonald
Prime Minister for a short time. Relied of liberal support and was antiwar and believed in evolutionary socialism. -
Balfour Report
White dominions are equal to Britian -
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Great Depression
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Ottawa Agreements
Trade within empire -
Guilty Men
Challenged ideals of appeasement.
