Migration And Empire Flashcards
Pull factors to why the Irish came to Scotland
Close to Ireland/cheap travel/quick journey
Friends and family
Many jobs available
Better housing with sanitation
The Irish communities has established themselves.
Push factors to why Irish left Ireland
Potato Famine/starvation/death/ government too slow to act
Poverty/awful living conditions
Evicted from their homes
Forced to leave by their landlords
Overpopulation in Ireland
Lack of Morden industries
Jobs the Irish did in Scotland
Coal mining
Iron work
In factories
Helped to build railways and canals
In the Cotten industry
General farm work
Jobs the Italians did in Scotland
Went door-to-door selling religious things/items
Owned Ice-cream barrels
Owned fish and chip shops
Worked in cafes and restaurants
Did hairdressing
Jobs the Jewish community did in Scotland
Went door-to-door selling cheap items
Worked in small shops
Did alterations and repairs to suits or clothing
Makes clothes
Jobs Lithuanian’s did in Scotland
Helped to improve condition in the coal mining industry
Coal mining.
The relationship between the Irish and the Scots
They gained a reputation of being strike breakers
We’re given a bad reputation for drunken behaviour
Seemed to cause fights and fought with others
Was judged for having a different religion (catholics were seen as threats by Scots)
The relationship between the Italians and the Scots
Restaurants and other places they worked opened on Sundays.
Judged for having different religion as some Italians were Roman Catholics
The relationship between us he Jewish community and the Scots
Was not bad
Some resentment
Bullying from kids in schools
The relationship between the Lithuanians and the Scots
Worked for less money
Fights
Children were bullied
There was racism
The highland clearance
Rents rose and they became to high for people to pay
Lots of crops failed so little money to pay rent
Landowners wished to have shootings and deer hunting
Lots were evicted from their homes due to these reasons
The impact of the Empire on Scotland (good reasons)
Many workers worked in Scottish industries making Glasgow the workshop of the world supplying the Empire with goods
Jobs were provided
Materials e.g. Cotten was given for textile industries
Was a big employer of Scots…
The impact of the Empire on Scotland (bad reasons)
Provides a guaranteed market
Scots were talented at work but people left and went abroad
Scotland become over-reliant on the trade after countries has to buy from British goods.
Asked about Empire, what can u talk about?
New Zealand
India
England
Canada
Australia
Asked about impact of immigrants on Scotland, what can you talk about?
Irish
Italians
Jewish community
Lithuanians
Reason for emigration (to go abroad)
There was poverty in the highlands
There was homeless in the highlands
There was unemployment in the highlands
There was a lack of opportunities in the highlands and lowlands
Places the Scots immigrated to abroad
Canada
New Zealand
India
Australia
England
USA
How did the Scots manage to move abroad?
There was an improvement on transport
It was easy and cheap
If seemed sailing was fast
It seemed railways were fast
Landowners helped
Government gave money
Help from charities
Some emigration societies
How did the Government help Scots to emigrate abroad?
They payed £10,000 to help Scottish emigrate
What did landowners to to help Scots to emigrate?
They abruptly said they wanted people who would pay rent
People who worked compared to people who didn’t
Wanted limited numbers on their land
What charities did to help Scots emigrate
The YMCA helped men find work
They send orphans to Canada and Australia
They offered boys an adult supervisor in Australia to help them in their new lives
Jobs the Scots did in Canada and why them emigrated there
Fur trade and farming
Emigrated due to the shipping routs making it to Canada in just under 7 days meaning less time with no money was reduced
Jobs the Scots did in Australia and why they emigrated there
Farming and business
Better climate and opportunities
The gold rush and the Vance to become rich
Prisoners were sent to Australia so their family’s followed them
The wine and brewing
Jobs the Scots did in New Zealand and why they emigrated there
Farming
Moved because of the Sheep farming techniques
The climate
The dairy industry
Helped and influences education
Jobs the Scots did in India and why they emigrated there
Traders in work
Soldiers served in India
The government officials were Scottish
They helped influence education
Helped develop railways
Jobs the Scots did in England and why the emigrated there
They did coal mining
They did heavy industries (railways and
canals)
They did textile and shipping
English businesses
Doctors (graduates only)
They went because it was easy to travel too
There were better wages and pay
There were overall better opportunities
