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Chapter 17
Politics, Culture and Sport
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| where was Ireland ruled from | Westminster |
| What was an Irish Nationalist | someone who believes that the Irish people are their own nation |
| what were the two types of Nationalists | Constitutional nationalists and radical nationalists |
| what was a constitutional nationalist | someone who wanted to see the re-establishment of a parliament in Ireland and to achieve this through political means |
| what was Home Rule | Ireland's own Parliament in Dublin |
| what was a radical nationalist | someone who wanted full independence from Britain and believed that they should use force if necessary to achieve this |
| what was unionist | someone who wanted Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom with Britain |
| what is parliamentary obstruction | deliberate interference with the process of legislation |
| who did parnell form the land league with | Micheal davitt john devoy |
| what did the Land League want | The British government to give loans to farmers so that they could stop renting and buy their farms |
| how many seats did Home Rule Party win in the British General election of 1880 | 63 |
| what is political agitation | encouraging people to form local groups to demand better treatment. |
| when did Parnell and Gladstone sign the Kilmainham Treaty | May 1882 |
| what event made peaceful politics favorable | four days after the treaty was signed a group of extreme IRB men called the invincibles ambushed and killed two British politicians in the pheonix park murder |