Boer Wars Flashcards

1
Q

Bóer preachers and newspapers constantly reiterated what

A

That British were ungodly people

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2
Q

War broke our

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October 1899

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3
Q

British defeats shocked who

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British public who had grown used to its army winning wictories against poorly armed natives

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4
Q

Guerrilla

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Warfare

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5
Q

Who replaced Roberts as commander in chief

A

Kitchener

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6
Q

What did Kitchener do

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Destroyed boer farms and land stock
Bóer women and children out into internment camps
Where term concentration camps comes from

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7
Q

Kitchener inspired no

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Patriotic fever in England

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8
Q

Kitcheners methods described by critics as

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“Methods of barbarism”

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9
Q

When did peace negotiations begin

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Spring of 1902

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10
Q

What treaty enddd boer war

A

The treaty of Vereeniging

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11
Q

What did treaty of Vereeniging do

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Gave boers £3 million to rebuild and restock their farmers

British got their wanted political supremacy

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12
Q

How much did boer war cost Britain

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£200 million

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13
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Boer war mobilised how many British soldiers

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295,000

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14
Q

The boer people also were assured by what by British in treaty of Vereeniging

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Britain would not make an issue of legal rights for blacks when it came to framing a constitutional settlement for the region

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15
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How many boer civilians died in concentration camps

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28,000 mostly women and children

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16
Q

Emily

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Hobhouse

17
Q

Imperialism: A Study (1902), by ??? is a politico–economic discourse about the negative financial, economic, and moral aspects of imperialism as a nationalistic business enterprise.

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John A. Hobson