Migration And Empire Flashcards
Explain why the Italians emigrated to scotland?
Poverty Drought Famine Economy was poor Better living conditions
Reasons for the Irish moving to Scotland
Famine Family and friends New life Unemployment Better wages in Scotland/low wages in Ireland Better living conditions Transport was cheap Landlords evicted those who could not pay their rent
Explain why the Jews emigrated to scotland
Poverty Escaping pogroms Escaping hitlers take over Escaping persecutions Travel was faster and cheaper
Why did the Lithuanians move to Scotland
High taxes Escape persecution for the religios beliefs Cheaper to travel to usa via Scotland They wanted to be independent Unemployment
How did Scotland benefit from its links with the empire?
Shipbuilding in Glasgow boomed due to high demand of ships for trading
Raw materials like sugar and cotton could be turned into products and sold back to empire
Provided jobs for scots abroad
Brought new words into our language eg thug and bungalow
Lots of wealthy scots brought money back eg Andrew Carnegie
Many middle class became weak their though investment
Explain the reason why so many scots disliked Irish immigrants
The Irish were poor so they took the cheapest houses and jobs, scots hated this as they felt the Irish were taking their jobs and housing
The difference between religion
Scots were suspicious of them as the Irish kept themselves to themselves
The Irish had a reputation for criminal activity so again they resented the Irish for this
The scots also felt they were very violent so they stayed away from them
Why were the Lithuanians unpopular?
Scots saw them as a threat to jobs
They worked while everyone else was on strike for better wages
They were calfskin so religius diff
Threat to housing
Describe the impact of he Irish immigrants
Positive contributions to building the railways
They were also involved in trade unions
And politics
Describe the impact of the Jews
They were very skilled and also had professions like doctors, dentists and lawyers
Although the Jews tended to look after themselves
Describe the impact of the Italians
They provided popular fast food Ice cream Restaurant Chips Hairdressers Paddlers
The Irish immigrant political impact
Irish Catholics voted for the liberal party
However many Irish Protestants immigrants voted for the conservative to keep Ireland to remain part of the uk
Jews and Lithuanian political impact
Active in two ways
Joined trade union and campaign for better working conditions
Vote for independent Labour Party for better living conditions
Did the Italians have much of a political party impact?
No they were more concerned about earning money to bring back to Italy
Describe the push factors for Scottish immigrates emigrating
Masons- lost their job to machines
Unemployment
Domestic servants- was seen as a better job but there were not enough in Scotland
Criminals- sent abroad as punishment
Agriculture- machines
Textiles- factories replaced women weaving
Fish- herring trade with Russia collapsed during ww1 so they didn’t need anymore fisherman
Potato blight
Over population
Describe the pull factors for actor tosh people to emigrate
Crofter colonisation scheme- set up by British and Canadian government to help people emigrate
Agents- agents encouraging people to emigrate
Better oputunities elsewhere
Salvation Army gave help to young men single women and children for a better life abroad
