History Enoch Powells Speech

Question 1

How did the government pass laws on to restrict immagration between the 1960s and 70s

Answer 1

The commonwealth immigrants act meant they had to be skilled proffesionals and be given permission to come and work (1962)

Question 2

From which nations did large numbers of immigrants come from

Answer 2

They came from Pakistan, India and West Indies

Question 3

What stereotypes were being made about particular groups of immigrants

Answer 3

Pakistani shop being ‘open all hours’, and that Indian people were opening Indian resturants and Chinese people were opening chinese resturants

Question 4

When did Enoch Powell make his speech

Answer 4

1968

Question 5

How did the Government address growing racial tension

Answer 5

In 1965, the Race Relations Act became the first law to directly address racism. It became illegal to disrimanate on the grounds of colour, race or ethnicity

Question 6

What were the main concerns about Enoch Powell’s speech

Answer 6

It was made in response to concerns about the levels of immigration growing, but did so in a very racist way

Question 7

What political groups grew in number as a consiquence of Enoch Powell’s speech

Answer 7

The National Front grew in numbers and by the end of the 1960s there was 10,000 members and by the mid 1970s there were 20,000 members and even had election candidates stand for Parliament