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WorksheetsBackground/Third Home Rule Bill
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This law was passed in 1801 and created the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Act of Unionism
Act of Union
Act of Westminster
Ireland did not have its own parliament and was ruled from Westminster, London.
True
False
The Parliament at Westminster consisted of what two houses?
The House of Lords and the House of Ladies
The House of Parliament and the House of Lords
The House of Commons and the House of Lords
The House of Lords could veto any bill passed in the House of Commons. What did this mean they could do?
only vote in favour
block/reject the bill
What percentage of Irish people supported the Union with Britain?
25%
74%
75%
30%
Those who supported the Union were called...
Nationalists
Unionists
separatists
Those who opposed the union were called...
Unionists
Nationalists
separatists
For what three reasons did Unionists want to maintain the Union with Britain?
British identity
Poverty
Prosperity from their industries/businesses
Protestant religion
Why did Nationalists oppose the Union with Britain? (3 reasons)
Poverty
Protestant religion
Catholic religion
Irish identity - language etc
Moderate or 'constitutional' nationalists wanted to persuade Britain to give Ireland Home Rule. Through violence or peaceful means?
Violent
Peaceful, democratic means
Name the leader of the Home Rule Party
Herbert Asquith
Andrew Bonar Law
John Redmond
Edward Carson
What did cultural Nationalists want to promote?
Home Rule
Irish identity
Unionist brutality
Which group of Nationalists wanted complete independence from Britain and were prepared to use violence to achieve this?
cultural nationalists
moderate nationalists
republicans
In 1905 Sinn Féin was set up by who?
John Redmond
Arthur Griffith
James Connolly
Who was the leader of the Liberals?
Andrew Bonar Law
Herbert Asquith
John Redmond
Winston Churchill
Who was the leader of the Conservatives?
Andrew Bonar Law
Herbert Asquith
Arthur Griffith
John Redmond
Why was the Parliament Act 1911 significant in the Home Rule development?
It took away the Lords power of veto
It took away the unionists right to oppose home rule
It had no major significance
When the Third Home Rule Bill was passed by the House of Commons in 1912 the Lords could only veto it twice meaning it would become law by what year?
1915
1914
1916
1913
The Third Home Rule Bill, 1912 led to a _____________ in Irish politics.
agreement
crisis!
war
slight falling out
Unionists opposed Home Rule using the phrase "Home Rule is Rome Rule". What were they afraid of?
the Pope
being ruled/discriminated against by the Catholic majority
tariffs being imposed on their industries
