Boer War (Flash Cards)

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S U N S N O R X E D W B G S N O W T C K A
U E S V V T E O F I A K U H U R L T O O W
P L I Y M T Q Y R T R B R A Y A J T N T J
P W O N G H Y X O Q C Y X E L W W I C E D
O R W N U E P Y A D O Q A J W F W Y E G I
R W Y B O A S O O G R E W S K O E A N O H
T O I W G R D C K X R Y L O A S J B T T T
F P X S W M M K L W E T F C S R C V R Q I
O P B M F Y H D C J S W K I N E C X A E M
R O E R K A F U M J P O I A A T Y W T Y I
T N W O J N V A R M O C A L E R W G I P Q
H E G F N D B C J U N L M R H O I H O D H
E N A E S T D T U G D G L E R P D C N G B
E T K R I H M W X P E I A F G P V B C S C
M S M Y O E D A O Y N Q Q O Q U H N A H I
P O C M Y P L T R L T I B R B S T U M R X
I F E R E R B V W I S W W M I A B A P X T
R W V A Y E T W S E V S Y S R J N V S B M
E A W U B S T E L O I N K G M R I B Y B Y
M R B C A S N I S V P G Q N D V V D D I E
X U I G N T G U Y M L M I G J A S O P C K

Clues

  • BEF introduced (Haldane) - Organisation of TA improved (Haldane) - Haldane reforms improved British Army - Organisation improved (Esher) - Training improved (Esher) - Better weapons created (Esher) (4, 7)
  • Conservative Party - Liberal Imperialists - Daily Mail & The Times - Khaki Election results - Relief of Mafeking celebrated (10, 2, 3)
  • First war to be censored - Buller didn't cooperate with press - Roberts utilized press for morale maintenance - Heavier censorship in 1900-01 (3, 4, 3, 3, 5)
  • Housed Black Africans and Boer women - Disease rife - Contained 140,000 people at peak - Death rate at 34% in white camps - Black Africans worse off - 20,000 Boers and 12,000 Black Africans died (13, 5)
  • Majority supported war - Defeats still reported - Leadership failures highlighted - Uncritical of war effort - Reports gave insight into the war - Army criticized after Black Week - Hobhouse reported on concentration camps (3, 14)
  • Medical checks for school kids - Free school meals - National Insurance introduced - Exploitation of workers restricted (6, 7)
  • Pro-Empire songs and poems written - Periodicals popular - Periodicals encouraged patriotism - Scout movement popular (7, 3, 3, 6)
  • Section of Liberal Party (inc Leader) - Manc Guardian - The Daily News (after 1901) - Parts of the country (England) - Irish Nationalists - Results of 1906 election (Liberal Landslide) (9, 2, 3)

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A very useful set of 12 flashcards with key information / statistics on the main topics. Particularly relevant for Edexcel Unit 2: Experience of Warfare 1854-1929.

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