Impact of Lithuanian Immigrants on Scotland Flashcards
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Cheap labour offered by Lithuanian immigrants in mining allowed Scottish coal mines to fuel the Industrial Revolution in Scotland.
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Lithuanian’s Catholic religion increased sectarianism in Scotland, particularly in areas such as Lanarkshire.
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Lithuanians established their own newspaper in Scotland, ‘Immigrant’s Friend’, in 1904 in Glasgow.
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Lithuanians largely disappeared from Scotland after WWI when they were registered as ‘aliens’ or conscripted into the Russian army.
