Effects of Migration & Empire on Scotland

Question 1

Effects of Migration & Empire on Scotland

Answer 1

• Immigrants improved Scottish social life with Italian cafés, ice-cream shops, etc.
• Migrant Irish forged links with Scottish workers through the trade union movement, e.g the National Labourers Union.
• Jewish immigrants had a positive economic impact, some became millionaires e.g Abraham Goldberg.
• Irish made a substantial contribution to the economy, if not for Irish immigrants the process of Britain’s industrial revolution would have been impeded.
• Irish immigrants produced influential political leaders like John Wheatley and James Connolly.
• Irish business attracted support from temperance groups who saw the ice cream parlours as an alternative to going to the pub.
• Lithuanian immigrants came in far fewer numbers and were not perceived as a threat to the Scottish way of life.
• Lithuanian immigrants largely found employment in Scotland’s coal industries.