Mid Years

Question 1

When did the Celts invade Britain

Answer 1

Around 500BC

Question 2

Where did the Celts come from?

Answer 2

Central Europe

Question 3

Name 4 facts about the Celts

Answer 3

They were Farmers, They were very proud of their apperance and kept themselves clean using special soaps, they lived in tribes that foten fought brutally amd they wore shirts and clocks that were colourfully dyed and embroided.

Question 4

When did the Romans invade Britain?

Answer 4

They arrived in 43AD

Question 5

What lasting effect did the romans have on Britain?

Answer 5

Many of our main roads are based off of old Roman roads, Much of our language and law can be traced back to the romans and Many roman tows are still important today like Chester, York and Bath.

Question 6

When did the Angolo Saxons invade?

Answer 6

450AD

Question 7

What days of the week are name after the Angolo Saxon Gods and who are they?

Answer 7

• Tiw (the god of combat) = Tuesday
• Woden (the god of war and wisdom) = Wodensday or Wednesday
• Thor (protector of mankind) = Thorsday or Thursday
• Freya (goddess of love and beauty) = Friday

Question 8

When did the Vikings invade and where did they arrive from?

Answer 8

The Vikings invaded in 800AD from Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Question 9

Where did the Vikings mostly take over and what places were named by the Vikings?

Answer 9

Took over much of north and east of Britain - places ending in ‘-by’ and ‘-thorpe’ were named by the Vikings

Question 10

When and who became King of England and was of Viking origin?

Answer 10

1016, King Cnut

Question 11

When did the Normans invade?

Answer 11

1066

Question 12

Where did the Normans fail to take over?

Answer 12

Scotland and Ireland

Question 13

What did the Normans introduce when the arrived in Britain?

Answer 13

Over 10,000 words in our dictionaries come from these French settlers - e.g. royal, city, soldier, parliament and prince
Names like William, Stephen, Emma, Alice and Robert introduced by them
They invented surnames… and introduced playing chess and conkers
Also introduced deer, pheasants and rabbits… and planted the New Forest to hunt them in!
Introduced many new laws, traditions and customs still in use today
Changed the way the country was ruled and how people were taxed

Question 14

When did the Empire Windrush arrive in the UK?

Answer 14

22nd of June 1948

Question 15

How many men did the West Indies supply to the British army?

Answer 15

Over 10,000

Question 16

Why did so many people from the carribean move to Britain?

Answer 16

Because life back at home was very difficult and they moved in hope of finding new opportunites and a better life.

Question 17

What Law was passed in 1948?

Answer 17

The British Nationality act

Question 18

What was the british nationality act?

Answer 18

The act meant that all the people of the empire were british passport holders and were allowed to live and work in Britain.

Question 19

What did many of the West Indians find that provoked hostile reactions from the White Britons?

Answer 19

They found that the colour of their skin provoked hostile reactions.

Question 20

What was the racist sign that landlords put up in their windows for renters to see?

Answer 20

No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs

Question 21

What happened in 1958?

Answer 21

In 1958, in Nottingham and in Notting Hill,
London, there were several weeks of violence
when white youths attacked black youths on the
streets, at nightclubs, and in their homes. In fact,
the Notting Hill Carnival (which now attracts over
one million visitors each year) began as a gesture
of defiance by the black community against the
widespread racial attacks of the time.

Question 22

What were some of the issues West Indians had when they imigrated to britain?

Answer 22

Descrimination, the racial tension, low pay, poor housing comditions.

Question 23

What countries were a part of India back in the 1600s?

Answer 23

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burma

Question 24

What happened in 1847?

Answer 24

There was a huge rebellion against foreign rule in India?

Question 25

What was the race relations act of 1965?

Answer 25

It made discrimination illegal on the grounds of ‘colour, race or ethnic national origins’.

Question 26

What was the bad thing about the race relations act 1965?

Answer 26

It only applied to public places.

Question 27

What was the commonwealth immigration act?

Answer 27

It meang that they has to show a close connect to the UK to be able to travel there.

Question 28

What and when was the Race Relations Act?

Answer 28

1968, This made it illegal to refuse housing or employment to people because of their skin colour.

Question 29

What was the name of Enoch Powells infamous speech?

Answer 29

Rivers of Blood

Question 30

What happened to Enoch Powell because of his speech.

Answer 30

He got sacked.

Question 31

What happen as a result of Enoch Powells sacking?

Answer 31

1,000 dockworkers in London went on strike in protest at his sacking. They marched towards Downing Street carrying banners reading ‘Don’t Knock Enoch’ and ‘Back Britain, not Black Britain’. Groups supporting Powell’s views, like the National Front, became more popular too. By 1974 they had around 20,000 members and went on huge marches through city centres. They even put forward candidates for local and national elections.
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Question 32

What was the Immigration Act of 1971?

Answer 32

The Immigration Act of 1971 severely restricted immigration from the Commonwealth, unless immigrants had a parent or grandparent born in Britain.

Question 33

What were 7 reasons wrong with the voting system in the 1820s?

Answer 33

There was the problem of Rotten Boroughs, Big cities like Manchester had no MPs, MPs were not paid, so only rich people could become MPs, Only men could be MPs, Local landowners were often so powerful that they could control the election, Voting was not a secret, Threats and bribes were often used.

Question 34

When and where was the Peterloo Massarce?

Answer 34

August 1819, St Peter’s Fields

Question 35

How many people arrived af St Peter’s Fields?

Answer 35

50,000

Question 36

What was Henry Hunt due to do?

Answer 36

He was due to make a speech calling for the reform of Parliament.

Question 37

What happened at the Peterloo Massacre?

Answer 37

Manchester at this time had no police force, so the army were sent to prevent any disturbances. When Hunt began to speak the army attempted to arrest him, and attacked anybody who got in their way. Eleven people were killed and 400 were injured.

Question 38

What happened to the army after the massacre?

Answer 38

The government congratulated the army and those involved in keeping order in Manchester.

Question 39

What happened to Hunt after the massacre?

Answer 39

He was sentenced to two years in prison.

Question 40

What were the consquences of the massacre?

Answer 40

The government banned meetings of more than 50 people at any one time. Tax on newspapers was increased so that working-class people could not afford to read them and they would be less likely to publish negative things about the government

Question 41

What were the arguments for women having the vote at the time?

Answer 41

• Women pay taxes just like men
• Other countries like New Zealand allow women to vote
• Uneducated working men can vote
• Women could vote in local elections since 1888, why not national ones?

Question 42

What were the arguments against women having the vote?

Answer 42

-Women and men have ‘separate spheres’.
-Women don’t fight for their country and so haven’t earned the right to vote
-Women’s views are already represented by their husbands
- Women are too emotional to be trusted with the vote
- A quote from Sarah Ellis (1845) who stated: ‘as a women, the first thing of importance is to be content to be below men - below them in mental power, in the same proportion that you are in bodily strength.

Question 43

By 1900, how many women were part of the suffragists?

Answer 43

50,000

Question 44

What happened to the Suffragists in 1905?

Answer 44

Many of them began to change their tatics, they formed a different group called the suffragettes.

Question 45

What was the motto of the suffragettes?

Answer 45

‘Deeds not Words’

Question 46

What were some of the things that te suffragettes did in order to get the vote?

Answer 46

They disrupted political meetings, chained themselves to railings in Downing Street, pelted politicians with eggs and flour, smashed parliaments windows, they set fire to churches and railway stations, some poured acid on golf courses and others attacked MPs.

Question 47

What did the suffragettes do when they went to prison and how was it effective?

Answer 47

They performed hunger strikes, this made the government had to free them so that they would not stave to death. Eventually they began to force feed them though.

Question 48

What did the suffragettes do in 1914?

Answer 48

When the war broke out, the Pankhursts called off their campaign and asked supporters to help with the war effort. With more men leaving to become soldiers, women got the chance to do jobs they’d never plone before. They became bus drivers, milk deliverer, police officers and car mechanics.

Question 49

What happened as a result of the women helping during WW1?

Answer 49

By the end of the war, many people felt women had earned the right to vote. In 1918 Parliament changed the voting laws to allow women over the age of 30 to vote

Question 50

When was the WSPU formed and what was their goal?

Answer 50

1903, there aim was to put pressure on the government by using miliant protests.

Question 51

What did the newspapers call the WSPU?

Answer 51

The suffragettes.