Migration And Empire- Issue 1 Flashcards
What are some push factors that caused Scots to migrate
- not many farmers were needed as threshing machines cut down time
- highland clearances
- not enough jobs as population in cities doubled
- no social events
- potato blight
- land was getting cut down
- poor housing and poor wages
- fisherman struggling to catch fish
Pull factors that caused Scots to migrate
- more holidays elsewhere
- dance halls and cinema
- more jobs because if big factories
- fewer hours
- travel was affordable as more railways and steamboats were being built
- other countries offered better pay 2 days work in America was 7 in Scotland
- steamboats only took 1 week to cross Atlantic 6 times faster than before
What did the government do in the 1880’s to help crofters
Donated 10,000 pounds to help them migrate
Name some charities that helped people migrate
Barnardos- by 1953 had sent 7000 kids
Aberdeen ladies union- between 1883& 1914 sent
330 ladies to Canada
Also ymca helped
Between 1830-1911 was had the population increased to in Scotland
4.76 million
What large business were there in cities
Steel, iron and coal
How many Scots lived in 1 or 2 room houses with no window
60 percent As opposed to 7 percent in England
By 1911 how many Scots lived in Aberdeen, Glasgow or Edinburgh
1/3
How much of the worlds ships did the Clyde produce
1/5
The highlands and islands emigration society was set up in 1851 in Skye to help what
Crofters after potato blight
