<p>Past Essay Questions - Investigations Paper - Gladstone+Disraeli</p><p>Specimen Questions</p><p>Jan 2002</p><p>How successful was Disraeli as leader as leader of the Conservative Party in the period 1868-1880? 3</p><p>How different were the attitudes of Gladstone and Disraeli towards the passing of the Second Reform Act in 1866- 7? 2</p><p>June 2002</p><p>Analyse Gladstone’s contribution to the development of Liberalism in the period 1846-68. 1</p><p>How justified was Gladstone in his criticism of Disraeli’s foreign policy as reckless territorial expansion? 4</p><p>Jan 2003</p><p>To what extent were the lives of the working classes improved by Gladstone and Disraeli respectively in their ministries between 1868 and 1880? 3</p><p>Consider how far Disraeli and Gladstone differed in their policies regarding the British Empire. 4</p><p>June 2003</p><p>How far were Disraeli’s personal qualities the most important reason why he became leader of the Conservative party in 1868? 1</p><p>To what extent did Gladstone achieve his aims in Ireland during the years 1868-74? 3</p><p>Jan 2004</p><p>To what extent were Gladstone and Disraeli already political rivals in the period 1852-68? 1</p><p>To what extent were Gladstone and Disraeli’s foreign policies from 1870 to 1880 driven by different ideologies? 4</p><p>June 2004</p><p>How important was Gladstone’s contribution to the development of Liberalism from 1852 to 1868? 1</p><p>How far was Disraeli an imperialist? 4</p><p>Source Based Questions:</p><p>Jan 2002</p><p>Gladstone's Disestablishment of the Church of Ireland 3</p><p>June 2002</p><p>Disraeli's attitude towards social reform 3 Jan 2003</p><p>Gladstone and Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer 2</p><p>June 2003</p><p>Disraeli and Gladstone and the Bulgarian Atrocities 4</p><p>Jan 2004</p><p>The passing of the 1870 Education Act 3</p><p>June 2004</p><p>Second Reform Act 2</p><p>Key Issues for Study and Examination What explains Gladstone's development from Tory to Peelite to Liberal, and Disraeli's from Tory to Conservative to Tory Democrat?</p><p>How far did their ministerial careers clash or coincide in the period 1852-68?</p><p>Did either have a mission as Prime Minister from 1868 to 1880?</p><p>How far did ideology drive their attitudes and policies on foreign and imperial affairs from 1852 to 1880?</p><p>Content Gladstone, Disraeli, parties and ideology 1846-80: party leadership by 1868, their attitudes to the development of party and the political system, Gladstone's contribution to Gladstonian Liberalism, Disraeli's contribution to Conservatism. 1</p><p>Gladstone and Disraeli as Ministers 1852-68: taxation, free trade, their roles as chancellors, their attitudes to parliamentary reform (especially the Second Reform Bills and Act 1866-7). 2</p><p>Prime Ministers 1868-80: their differing approaches to Ireland, education, the church, civil service reform, social issues. 3</p><p>Gladstone and Disraeli’s attitudes to foreign and imperial affairs 1852-80: their perceptions of British interests in Europe, the Eastern question and ‘jingoism’, Disraeli and Derby, Gladstone's Bulgarian pamphlet of 1876, Gladstone's Midlothian campaign 1879, their attitudes to the British empire. 4</p><p>NMG’s suggestions for 2005</p><p>Source Based Questions :</p><p>Disraeli and the development of conservatism Attitudes towards the Empire</p><p>Essay Questions – Possible areas of inquiry</p><p>2nd Reform Act Gladstone’s First Ministry – success/failure</p>