Social Developments: Acts and Opposition to Immigration and Race Relations

Question 1

What populations started to immigrate to Britain more in the 1960’s?

Answer 1

Asians

Question 2

What was an issue with Asian Immigration for British Culture?

Answer 2

Whole families came over building up new communities

Question 3

Why would Asian Immigration be a significant problem for the British public?

Answer 3

They would be more racist to Asians

Question 4

What did a London survey in 1965 show about British people wanting to work with Black or Asian people?

Answer 4

1 in 5 objected to working with them

Question 5

What anti-immigrant party was made in 1967?

Answer 5

National Front

Question 6

What was the background of the National Front?

Answer 6

It was the accumulation of multiple small fascist party’s in Britain

Question 7

What was the focus of The National Front?

Answer 7

Banning immigration and expelling settled immigrants from Britain

Question 8

What did the first Race Relations Act ban?

Answer 8

Discrimination in public places

Question 9

What was a limitation of the first Race Relations Act?

Answer 9

Discrimination in Housing and Employment continued

Question 10

When was the second Race Relations Act passed?

Answer 10

1968

Question 11

What did the second Race Relations Act ban and give more power to?

Answer 11

Discrimination in housing and employment. Gave more power to the Race Relations Board

Question 12

What were the limitations of the employment discrimination ban?

Answer 12

Employees could still discriminate to keep a racial balance

Question 13

What were the limitations of the Race Relations Board?

Answer 13

They did not respond to more complaints Still only responded to around 10% of complaints

Question 14

What is significant about the little effort by the Race Relations board?

Answer 14

People experiencing discrimination would be discouraged to report it as they wouldn’t get a response

Question 15

How were the police affected by the second Race Relations Act?

Answer 15

They were excluded from complaints

Question 16

What is Significant about police position in the 2nd Race Relations Act?

Answer 16

They could continue to discriminate against people from other races

Question 17

What is a law that police followed which supported discrimination?

Answer 17

Sus Law

Question 18

What is the Sus Law?

Answer 18

Police could stop and search you if they thought you looked suspicious

Question 19

What famous speech did Enoch Powell make about immigration? What year?

Answer 19

Rivers of Blood speech, 1968

Question 20

What was the political impact of Powell’s speech?

Answer 20

Due to words he used being similar to NF causes, some Conservative MP’S Detected to the NF

Question 21

What did a poll show about support for Enoch Powell?

Answer 21

75% of British Public supported Enoch Powell

Question 22

What protest did Enoch Powell start from his speech?

Answer 22

1000 Dockworkers marched through London in support of him

Question 23

What is significant about Dockworkers marching in support of a Conservatives ideas?

Answer 23

Dockworkers were usually Labour voters

Question 24

What did Enoch Powell’s speech represent about using methods to get Labour voters to Conservative?

Answer 24

He targeted the working class fear of increased immigration

Question 25

Who else had previously used a working class problem to get Labour voters to vote Tory? What year?

Answer 25

Peter Griffiths in Smethwick, 1964

Question 26

When was the first Commonwealth immigration Act passed?

Answer 26

1962

Question 27

When was the 2nd Commonwealth Immigration Act passed?

Answer 27

1968

Question 28

What did the 1968 Immigration Act do?

Answer 28

Limit the potential 200,000 Kenyan Asians from coming to Britain