Issue 4 (The Impact of Scots Emigrants on the Empire)

Question 1

Ship building

Answer 1

The empire contributed to the Clyde becoming the centre of ship building. shippers on the Clyde were world leaders of ship production up to 1914.

Question 2

Markets for Scottish goods

Answer 2

Heavy industry in Scotland exported a high proportion of their products such as jute sacks, Scottish trains from Spring-burn or Clyde-built ships.

Question 3

Empire provides raw materials for factories

Answer 3

The jute trade was closely associated with the Empire. Dundee textile firms became internationally known.

Question 4

Many opportunities for middle-class Scots

Answer 4

The empire provided many Scots with successful careers such as civil servants, soldiers and doctors.

Question 5

Italian immigrants

Answer 5

Had an impact on Scottish society, they contributed to growing lesser industry. such as introducing many more cafes and ice cream parlours to Scotland.

Question 6

Jewish immigrants

Answer 6

They developed the commercial life of Scotland, Jews settled in central Glasgow, and many of them set up small business.
Jacob Kramrisch recruited jewish immigrants from Poland and Germany so they could make tobacco.

Question 7

Lithuanian immigrants

Answer 7

They contributed to the economic development of Scotland. Lithuanian made a contribution to the economy through coal mining industry.

Question 8

Irish immigrants

Answer 8

Provided a workforce prepared to tackle the hardest jobs, they contributed to industrial development in Scotland through the building of roads, canals and railways across Scotland.
They has a lasting cultural impact on Scottish society, as they separated the Catholic school system across major urban centres in Scotland. Migration had an impact on Scottish sporting life.

Question 9

Protestant Irish immigrants

Answer 9

Irish contributed to the culture of Scotland through the Protestant Orange Lodge Order.