Migration and Empire 1830-1939 Chapter 4

Question 1

What impact did Irish immigrants make on Scottish education? What effect did this have on Scotland overall?

Answer 1

Established Catholic schools which later received support from government which helped Scots foster a tolerance for other religions

Question 2

What contributions did Jewish immigrants have on Scottish society and education?

Answer 2

Jews valued the importance of education and their successful careers in Law and Medicine made a valuable contribution to Scottish society

Question 3

What impact did Lithuanians and Irish Catholics have on Scottish politics?

Answer 3

Active in Labour Party and trade union movement

Question 4

What is an example of an Irish Catholic immigrant impacting on Scottish politics?

Answer 4

John Weatley became Labour MP and Minister of Health in 1924

Question 5

What did the influx of Irish immigrants benefit in Scotland?

Answer 5

Helped power the industrial evolution

Question 6

What industrial work did Irish immigrants do in Scotland?

Answer 6

Navvies, dock workers, ship builders, labourers, jute and cotton mill workers

Question 7

What impact did Jewish businesses have on Scottish society?

Answer 7

Successful businesses as tailors and cobblers provided jobs to many Scots

Question 8

What industries did Italian immigrants develop and what impact did this make to Scottish society?

Answer 8

Retail and food industry. Provided jobs to Scots for many years and laid groundwork for Chinese and Indian immigrants to open restaurants and takeaways in 1840s and 1850s

Question 9

What football teams did Irish Catholic immigrants found?

Answer 9

Celtic
Hibernian
Dundee United

Question 10

What did Protestant Irish immigrants found? What problems arose from this?

Answer 10

Orange Order. Sectarian element in marches creating tension between Protestant Irish and Catholic bystanders.

Question 11

What parts of Irish culture was brought to Scotland?

Answer 11

Marching bands and traditional Celtic music

Question 12

What did the Empire provide for Scots?

Answer 12

Destinations and opportunities for Scots to escape their lives.

Question 13

How did emigration to countries in the Empire help improve the conditions in Scotland?

Answer 13

Helped deal with overcrowding which helped improve conditions for those who remained in Scotland

Question 14

Explain the ‘brain drain’

Answer 14

Most skilled and intelligent people left Scotland and became successful elsewhere. They utilised their skills and education to enrich Empire countries rather than Scotland

Question 15

The Empire helped Scotland to become a wealthy country. What trades did Scotland thrive on?

Answer 15

Ship building, coal, steel and jute

Question 16

What is an example of the Empire providing a necessary material for a successful business?

Answer 16

Empire provided jute used to create packaging. Dundee became successful and known as ‘juteopolis’

Question 17

What was the downside of trade between the Empire and Scotland?

Answer 17

Scotland became too reliant on the Empire and failed to modernise and became complacent.

Question 18

Describe the impact of recession on heavy industries such as ship building and steel on Scotland?

Answer 18

Unemployment rose and Scotland struggled to compete with modernised countries like Germany and the US

Question 19

What is an example of competition in the Empire with Scotland?

Answer 19

Jute industry in Bangladesh overtook Dundee

Question 20

How did money from the Empire change Scotland’s urban landscape?

Answer 20

Money helped build new buildings and factories. Landscape changed as large mansions and town houses were built in Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow

Question 21

What did the Scottish army do to remain at peace with Empire countries and immigrant locals?

Answer 21

Suppressed mutines and revolts

Question 22

What did Scottish regiments do to enforce strong identity?

Answer 22

Wore traditional kilts and tartan which people began to associate with the power of the Empire

Question 23

What effect did the Martial tradition have on young Scottish men?

Answer 23

Created the image of a strong Scottish warrior which attracted a lot of young men to join the army