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Y12 - Britain: 1951 - 1979 > 3.20 British Culture and Society in the 1970s (Race Relations) > Flashcards

3.20 British Culture and Society in the 1970s (Race Relations) Flashcards

1
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What did the 1971 Immigration Act do?

A

Commonwealth citizens with patrial status were allowed unrestricted access to the UK.

Everyone else was dependent on a work permit

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What were the problems with the 1971 Immigration Act?

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This did not confer with residency rights

All permits were subject to the possibility of no-renewal

This meant all Commonwealth citizens without patrial links were effectively reduced to the status of contract labour.

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3
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Who announced he had a dream that instructed him to give the Ugandan Asians 3 months to leave Uganda?

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Idi Amin

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4
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When did Idi Amin announce his dream?

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1973

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5
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How many Ugandan Asians were there in Uganda?

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50,000

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6
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How many Ugandan Asians would be allowed to enter Britain as per the 1968 quota?

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3,000

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7
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What did the government use as holding centres for the Ugandan Asians?

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Military camps

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8
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How many Ugandan Asians resettled in Britain?

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28,000

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9
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Where did the Ugandan Asians settle?

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Mostly in Leicester, Bradford, and West London

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11
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By 1974, how many Commonwealth immigrants had come to Britain?

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1 million

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By 1974, how many West Indian immigrants had come to Britain?

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325,000

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13
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By 1974, how many Indian and Pakistani immigrants had come to Britain?

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435,000

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14
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By 1974, how many people had come to Britain from Africa?

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150,000

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15
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Where did immigrants tend to settle?

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In places that had cultural and familial links

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16
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In the 1974 elections, how many non-white councillors were elected?

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10

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17
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By 1978, how many non-white councillors were elected?

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35

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18
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What did the 1976 Race Relations Act do?

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It made discrimination unlawful in employment, training, education, and in the provision of goods and services.

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19
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What did the 1976 Race Relations Act replace?

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The Acts of 1965 and 1968

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20
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What Commission was set up as a result of the 1976 Race Relations Act?

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The Race Relation Commission

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21
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How many members did the National Front have by 1976?

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20,000

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22
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How many candidates did the National Front put up in the February 1974 election?

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90

23
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By 1977, how were the National Front being described?

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Britain’s fourth largest party

24
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What did Thatcher promise to limit in 1978?

A

Immigration

25
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Where did the National Front hold marches and demonstrations?

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Areas of high immigration

26
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What incidents did the Trades Council of East London give details of?

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Over 100 incidents including 2 murders between January 1976 and August 1978

27
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What pressure group was set up in 1977 to combat the National Front?

A

The Anti-Nazi League

28
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When was the Anti-Nazi League set up?

A

1977

29
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What was popular with the National Front and other racist groups?

A

P*** bashing

30
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Which music event began in 1976?

A

Rock Against Racism

31
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How many people attended Rock Against Racism

A

100,000

32
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Who headlined Rock Against Racism

A

The Clash

33
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The police and ‘canteen culture’ shared many features with what racist group?

A

National Front

34
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By 1976, how many black or ethnic minority police officers were there?

A

70

35
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What happened at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival

A

A riot erupted between police and carnival goers where 300 people were injured

36
Q

What was resurrected during the 1970s?

A

The sus law

37
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What did the sus law allow the police to do?

A

Arrest people they suspected of possible crimes

38
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What was the complaint about the sus law?

A

The police often used this to arrest black people they suspected of possibly committing a crime or about to

No evidence was required

39
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What percentage of people arrested because of the sus law were black?

A

50%

40
Q

What campaign emerged to abolish the sus law?

A

Scrap Sus

41
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What did the Black Parents Movement

A

Set up in response to police brutality towards black children in London

42
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When was Blair Peach killed?

A

23rd April 1979

43
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Who was Blair Peach?

A

He was a teacher and Anti-Nazi League supporter

44
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What happened to Blair Peach?

A

He was killed when a demonstration of the Anti-Nazi League was blocked by police

It was alleged that he was hit on the head by a police truncheon

45
Q

When did the Met Police admit responsibility for the death of Blair Peach?

A

2010

46
Q

Which black footballers were growing in fame during the 1970s?

A

Justin Fashanu
John Barnes

47
Q

In 1978, who was the first black player picked for the England team?

A

Viv Anderson

48
Q

What music became more popular during the 1970s?

A

Reggae and ska music

49
Q

How were football terraces places of overt racism?

A

Fans made monkey noises

They threw banana skins

50
Q

What variety show continued to be shown until 1978?

A

The Black and White Minstrel Show

51
Q

What did the Commission for Racial Equality warn in 1980?

A

‘racial prejudice is still rife, and so is racial discrimination, while the response of the government has been disappointingly inadequate’

52
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Where did much of National Front’s support come from?

A

Decaying urban areas with large immigrant populations

53
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Why were numbers of the working class attracted to the National Front?

A

The basic problems related to appalling housing, high unemployment, and a lack of job opportunities especially for the young

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