3.3

Question 1

when was Kindertransport + how many kids were allowed to settle in Britain?

Answer 1

1938-40
10,000 Jewish kids

Question 2

which industries advocated vacant positions throughout the New Commonwealth?

Answer 2

NHS
London Transport

Question 3

when was the British Nationality Act + what did it do?

Answer 3

1948
made all people living in the commonwealth British citizens

Question 4

when did Windrush arrive + how many passengers did it bring?

Answer 4

June 1948
492 West Indians

Question 5

when did Orbita arrive + how many passengers did it bring?

Answer 5

Sep 1948
108 Jamaicans

Question 6

when did Dr Little press Labour to adopt a policy against racial discrimination in employment + was he listened to?

Answer 6

1953
no

Question 7

when did race riots take place + where?

Answer 7

1958
Nottingham

Question 8

how many youths fought each other in St Anne’s area + when?

Answer 8

1,000 white + black youths (including Teddy Boy gangs)
23rd Aug 1958

Question 9

when were Race Relations Acts passed?

Answer 9

1965
1968
1976

Question 10

what did the Race Relations Act of 1965 do + was it effective?

Answer 10

• outlawed colour bar
• outlawed incitement of racial hatred
• established RRB (Race Relations Board) to monitor the enforcement of law (but only 10% of cases heard + none against police)
• not effective as it didn’t do anything to end racial discrimination in housing + employment

Question 11

what did the Race Relations Act of 1968 do?

Answer 11

• outlawed racial discrimination in housing + employment
• established a CRB (Community Relations Commission) to promote multiculturalism through education

Question 12

what did the Race Relations Act of 1976 do + was it effective?

Answer 12

• indirect discrimination was outlawed
• combined CRC (Community Relations Commission) with RRB (Race Relations Board) to create a new Commission for Racial Equality

Question 13

when was the Commonwealth Immigration Act + what did it do?

Answer 13

1962
- people from commonwealth could obtain an entry voucher if they had a job waiting for them or skills which the British economy needed
- designed to end large-scale immigration
- prevent creation of a multicultural society

Question 14

how many supported the Commonwealth Immigration Act?

Answer 14

62-76%

Question 15

when was Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech?

Answer 15

20th April 1968

Question 16

what did Enoch Powell say in his speech?

Answer 16

white Britons were now strangers in their own country

Question 17

how many Britons agreed with Powell’s ideas?

Answer 17

75%

Question 18

when was the Battle of Cable Street by Mosley + the BUF?

Answer 18

Oct 1936

Question 19

how many immigrants returned to Britain after the race riots as they were unhappy?

Answer 19

> 4,000

Question 20

why were the 1920 + 1925 Coloured Alien Seamen Orders important?

Answer 20

forced ‘coloured’ seamen to register as aliens if they had no proof of citizenship