Tensions in Whitechapel

Question 1

Irish immigrants

Answer 1

Many Irish left Ireland in 1840s for the USA, but many ended up in London so Irish immigration expanded rapidly from the 1840s. The Irish community was frequently engaged in low skill manual labour such as being navvies on roads and railways or as dockers

• Hostility to the Irish as they had reputation for drunkenness and violence
  The Fenians, were involved in a series of incidents from the 1860s to 1880s and gained for the Irish a further reputation as violent frantic

Question 2

Eastern European Jewish Immigration

Answer 2

• Massive Jewish Immigration from Russia to Whitechapel occurred in the 1880s