6 - Social Tensions Flashcards
What 2 particular fields did tensions develop?
Race and youth
What happened as labour shortages grew? What are 3 countries part of this agreement?
People came from the New Commonwealth
India, Pakistan and the Caribbean
What were people encouraged to do as part of the New Commonwealth?
Move to Britain to find basic work
What communities became centred in textile areas?
Asian
What type of industry attracted communities in the West Midlands? Which 2 communities did it attract?
Heavy industry
Asian and Carribean
What city became a job magnet for all groups?
London
Approximately how many people immigrated to Britain from 1940-49?
240,000
Approximately how many people immigrated to the UK from 1950-59?
676,000
Approximately how many people immigrated to Britain in 1960-69?
1,243,000
In what year did racial attacks take place? What was the biggest attack?
1958
Notting Hill in London
What did TV coverage of Notting Hill show the attacks of? What were they trying to do?
Attacks on emergency services
Trying to douse burning buildings
What were the tensions at Notting Hill largely the result of? What was limited?
Cultural differences
Accommodation
What was The Salmon Report?
Official inquiry into race riots
What did Britain’s population resent about the New Commonwealth? What did they fear?
Immigrants could work for lower wages
It would undercut their employment potential
What were immigrants forcing up the costs of? What did this lessen out?
Rents
Available housing stock
