Starter quiz
- This keyword is the sense of unease within an empire due to potential threats to its power
- 'Imperial anxiety' ✓
- Support for the political independence of a country is known as...
- 'nationalism' ✓
- Which of the following events showcased British supremacy?
- the development of the INC
- the Don Pacifico affair ✓
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee ✓
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- This event showcased remarkable items and technological innovations in Hyde Park
- Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
- the Don Pacfico affair
- the Great Exhibition ✓
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- The Irish Republican brotherhood believed in...
- supremacy
- nationalism ✓
- imperialism
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- Which of the following statements about Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee is correct?
- it showed British imperial anxiety
- it showed British imperial supremacy ✓
- it showed the failures of the British empire
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Exit quiz
- A gradual and continuous loss of strength is known as...
- 'decline' ✓
- The argument that British society needed to become more productive to maintain imperial dominance is known as...
- 'national efficiency' ✓
- Which of the following contributed to imperial decline in the late nineteenth century?
- the rapid industrialisation of Germany and America ✓
- territorial and naval expansion of Germany and America ✓
- poor health and fitness of the British population ✓
- WW1
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- In which of the following two places did Germany pursue territorial expansion at the end of the nineteenth century?
- South West Africa ✓
- East Africa ✓
- Latin America
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- Which of the following are economic outcomes of WW1?
- Britain was in debt to America ✓
- Britain's economy was strengthened
- there was an increase in unemployment ✓
- Britain's economy was unchanged by WW1
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- What was the impact of the creation of the League of Nations for British imperial power?
- it showed that Britain could not rule any more
- it showed that Britain could not rule alone ✓
- it showed that Britain still had imperial supremacy
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Key learning points
- By the early 20th century, Germany and the USA had overtaken Britain as dominant global powers.
- The British government created the 'two-power standard' in 1889 to maintain British naval supremacy.
- Anxiety around the decline of Britain's empire led to a movement called 'national efficiency'.
- By the end of the First World War Britain's power was severely weakened.
Common misconception
The trend of British imperial decline was caused by foreign policy and external threats.
There is a link between foreign and domestic policy, both of which contributed to imperial decline.
Keywords
Two-power standard - the 'two-power standard' was the British policy of maintaining a navy which was larger than the next two largest navies combined
National efficiency - 'national efficiency' was the argument that British society needed to become more productive to maintain imperial dominance
Decline - decline is a gradual and continuous loss of strength
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