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Wednesday 6 October 2021 – Morning A Level History A Y316/01 Britain and Ireland 1791–1921.

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SECTION A Read the two passages and then answer Question 1. 1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages and explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the tactic... s of the Ulster Unionists in opposing Home Rule in the years from 1912 to 1914. [30] Passage A For all the political fireworks of 1912, Home Rule was still well on course by January 1913. Failure to move the government encouraged Ulstermen to intensify their own efforts. Backbench Tory MPs used their influence and expertise to help Ulstermen to raise money and hire recruits. Early in 1913 the scattered units of men that had begun drilling in rural districts were concentrated into a single paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Publicly, it was intended to guard the interests of Ulstermen, and to threaten physical resistance to the imposition of Home Rule. Privately, Ulster leaders regarded it as a useful propaganda vehicle, the focus of multiple photo-opportunities and press coverage. For Carson and the Ulster leadership, it was a political device to frighten the Ministry. The danger was that if a satisfactory compromise was not reached, it would have to fall back on its military potential; if its ‘bark’ was not enough then all it had left was its ‘bite’. Whatever the military effectiveness of the force, historians have suggested its development marks a point of departure in the Ulster Crisis when events lurched ominously towards physical-force methods as a means of solving Ireland’s problems. By 1914, the UVF had become a real military force behind the Ulster Provisional Government. The government could no longer rely on its army to crush, if need be, rebellion in Ulster. Adapted from: J. Smith, Britain and Ireland, From Home Rule to Independence, published in 1999. Passage B In response to speeches by Asquith and Redmond in 1912, the Unionists arranged for Andrew Bonar Law to address a public speech to large crowds. The viewpoint of Ulster Unionists was laid out clearly. Subsequently, as the Home Rule Bill made its way through the House of Com [Show More]

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