Social Developments 2 Flashcards
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What is the Empire Windrush?
a ship from Jamaica to London which carried 492 migrant workers seeking a new life in Britain
When did the Notting Hill riots take place?
August 1958
Why was Notting Hill targeted?
It was a dense African-Caribbean area
Why were there so many African-Caribbean’s in Notting Hill?
exploitation of housing - overcrowding in run-down buildings
How is police reaction important?
- reflected wider racial discrimination
- exacerbated an already strained relationship between the police and the African-Caribbean community
What report was made as a result of the Notting Hill riots?
the salmon report
What is the salmon report?
it is a report that approached rioting as a law and order issue
Who is Oswald Mosley?
a conservative MP
What did Mosley encourage during this time of racial tension?
the hostility towards African-Caribbean’s
What did Mosely base his political platform on?
Repatriation
What is Repatriation?
returning someone to their place of origin
How did War impact social developments?
- reinforced class loyalties
- new media reinforced class stereotypes
- the Festival of Britain - marker of war recovery into a modern world
- baby boom
What were some pull factors for immigration to Britain?
- former colonial countries had been taught that Britain was the land of opportunity
- the 1948 British Nationality Act
- Britain was in a time of affluence
What is the 1948 British Nationality Act?
meant that Commonwealth citizens would be welcomed as equals into Britain
What were some push factors for immigration to Britain?
- the breakup of the empire meant that there was a backlash of violence that many immigrants were escaping (e.g., in India)
- immigrants tended to have a poorer quality of life in home countries
