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Charles Parnell was a native of what land whose people he represented in the U.K.'s Parliament?
Ireland
Greenland
Australia
India
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Charles Parnell and fellow supporters of Irish independence identified themselves by calling their ideology which of the following?
The Tomorrow Today Movement
The Home Rule Movement
The Kallein Movement
The Sparrow Roost Movement
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In what year did Charles Parnell officially first become a Member of Parliament?
1862
1875
1892
1901
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Parnell and his family were members of what religion?
Protestantism
Mormonism
Zen Buddhism
Lutheranism
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In 1879, Parnell founded the Irish National Land League which was an organization that sought to aid what kind of people in Irish society?
The homeless
Orphans and widows
Military veterans
Tenant farmers
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Between 1879 and 1882, what series of violent altercations occurred between some of Ireland's tenant farmers and their landlords as well as the authorities?
The Renters' Feuds
The Land Wars
The Troubles
The Crop Demonstrations
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From 1882-1891, Charles Parnell officially led what political party in Parliament?
The United Citizens' Party
The Irish Parliamentarian Party
The Labor and Progress Party
The Democratic Liberals' Party
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As a Member of Parliament, Charles Parnell was an active politician in what house of the U.K.'s Parliament?
The House of Lords
The House of Commons
The House of Vassals
The House of Scholars
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In 1882, Charles Parnell was imprisoned in what Irish city because he was accused of calling for the radical violence of the Land Wars?
Limerick
Dublin
Silgo
Wexford
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What unofficial agreement named for the gaol that Parnell was trapped in allowed Parnell to be released from his imprisonment so long as he publicly condemned the violence of the Land Wars?
The Rutgers Accords
The Olivanders Concord
The Kilmainham Treaty
The Gaumartin Declaration
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What is the name of this Liberal Party leader who made the Kilmainham Treaty with Parnell and then had his party adopt the platform of Irish Home Rule in exchange for Parnell's support?
Michael Kellen-Eisert
Howard Gunphrey
Anthony Surwich
William Gladstone
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In 1889, Parnell was temporarily scandalized by the publication of forged letters that accused him of being involved in what heinous 1882 murders?
The Lewen Range Killings
The Scottsdale Killings
The Phoenix Park Killings
The Jack the Ripper Killings
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Between 1886 and 1891, Parnell headed up what political organization that sought to address the concerns of the Land Wars by helping tenant farmers get fairer rent rates?
The Measure of Man
The Built Life
The Plan of Campaign
The Coastal Relief
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Charles Parnell fell from favor in Parliament after which of the following was discovered about him?
He was in an adulterous relationship.
He was secretly gay.
He had become a member of the Jewish faith.
He was engaged in widespread bribery.
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Charles Parnell passed away in what year following his disgrace at the hands of his adultery coming to light?
1919
1912
1900
1891
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