Lesson Y316.2

Y316.2 Support for the Union Quiz: OCR History, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Which landowning elite dominated Irish political life before its decline from the 1870s?

    • Ulster Covenanters
    • Catholic Gentry
    • Protestant Ascendancy
    • Anglo-Norman Barons
  2. Which politician led Ulster Unionist resistance against the Third Home Rule Bill from 1910?

    • Isaac Butt
    • Edward Carson
    • John Redmond
    • James Craig
  3. In which year did half a million unionists sign the Ulster Solemn League and Covenant?

    • 1886
    • 1916
    • 1893
    • 1912
  4. Which paramilitary force was created in 1913 to oppose Home Rule in Ulster by force?

    • Irish Volunteers
    • Ulster Volunteer Force
    • Citizen Army
    • Orange Order
  5. At which port did Ulster Unionists illegally import thousands of German rifles in April 1914?

    • Larne
    • Howth
    • Dublin
    • Cork
  6. Which Prime Minister introduced the First Irish Home Rule Bill in 1886, splitting his party?

    • Arthur Balfour
    • William Gladstone
    • Benjamin Disraeli
    • Lord Salisbury
  7. Which prominent Liberal MP broke with Gladstone in 1886 over Home Rule to lead Liberal Unionists?

    • Randolph Churchill
    • Joseph Chamberlain
    • Herbert Asquith
    • David Lloyd George
  8. Founded in 1795, which fraternal organisation became a central pillar of popular Protestant unionism?

    • Orange Order
    • Whiteboys
    • Brunswick Clubs
    • Fenian Brotherhood
  9. Which British Prime Minister introduced the Act of Union that created the United Kingdom in 1800?

    • William Pitt
    • Duke of Wellington
    • Lord Liverpool
    • Robert Peel
  10. What primary economic feature caused Belfast industrial elites to strongly favor maintaining the Union?

    • Free British markets
    • Agricultural subsidies
    • Land redistribution
    • High import tariffs
  11. What political outcome did the 1885 Redistribution of Seats Act produce in Ulster?

    • Solid Unionist bloc
    • Total Catholic disenfranchisement
    • Complete Nationalist control
    • Liberal dominance
  12. Which established Church in Ireland supported the Union prior to its disestablishment in 1869?

    • Methodist Church
    • Roman Catholic Church
    • Church of Ireland
    • Presbyterian Church
  13. How had Presbyterian political alignment shifted by the late 19th century compared to 1798?

    • Strongly Pro-Union
    • Strongly Republican
    • Fully neutral
    • Socialist revolutionary
  14. What phrase describes the Conservative policy of offering social reforms to undermine demand for Home Rule?

    • Coercion and Conciliation
    • Killing Home Rule
    • Passive Resistance
    • Constructive Nationalism
  15. What strategy did Lord Randolph Churchill use in 1886 by declaring 'Ulster will fight'?

    • Plan of Campaign
    • Fenian Brotherhood
    • Liberal Alliance
    • Playing Ulster card
  16. Which 1903 land reform legislation enabled mass tenant purchase, transforming Irish land ownership?

    • Gladstone Land Act
    • Ashbourne Act
    • Arrears Act
    • Wyndham Land Act
  17. Which March 1914 event saw British army officers threaten resignation rather than move against Ulster Unionists?

    • Larne Raids
    • Easter Rising
    • Curragh Mutiny
    • Phoenix Park Murders
  18. Which umbrella organisation was established in 1905 to coordinate all Ulster Unionist political bodies?

    • Brunswick Clubs
    • Orange Order Council
    • Protestant Alliance
    • Ulster Unionist Council
  19. Which 1920 legislation formally partitioned Ireland, establishing separate parliaments for North and South?

    • Anglo-Irish Treaty
    • Irish Free State
    • Government of Ireland
    • Parliament Act
  20. Which body was formed to represent unionist interests across southern and western Ireland?

    • Gaelic League
    • Irish Parliamentary Party
    • United Irish League
    • Irish Unionist Alliance

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