The Emmigration Of Scots

Question 1

Economic push factor - What was the impact of the 1886 Crofters Holdings act

Answer 1

Many land owners is provided incentives to tenants to encourage emigration

Question 2

Economic push factor - The Highland and Island emigration society was created to assist emigration. Between 1852 and 1857 how many people did they assist moving to Australia?

Answer 2

4919

Question 3

Economic push factor - What did economic recession and the collapse of the heavy industry mean for young industrial workers?

Answer 3

They had to look elsewhere for jobs.

Question 4

Economic pull factor - What did Canada offer in to encourage Scots to emigrate?

Answer 4

Ready made farms in Southern Alberta which had housing barns and fences.

Question 5

Economic pull factor - What made moving to New Zealand lucrative?

Answer 5

The wool trade.

Question 6

Economic pull factor - What made moving to Australia in the 1830s and 1840s lucrative?

Answer 6

The Gold Rush.

Question 7

Economic pull factor - What was a possibility in other countries that was virtually impossible in Scotland due to the Highland Clearances and enclosed farms?

Answer 7

Owning Land

Question 8

Social Push Factor - What increased awareness about emigration?

Answer 8

Journals, newspaper articles and guides which encouraged emigration.

Question 9

Social Push Factor - What provided facts and success stories about emigration?

Answer 9

Advertised ship sailings and open letters.

Question 10

Social Push Factor - What did steamships reduce the risk of? And what 3 things were increased to make them more desirable?

Answer 10

Shipwrecks and diseases spreading.

Speed, safety and comfort.

Question 11

Social Push Factor - What made Scotland well connected?

Answer 11

Ports. E.g. The Clyde connected Scotland to North America

Question 12

Social Push Factor - How was Scotland connected to a variety of ports?

Answer 12

Through the development of the railway network.

Question 13

Social Push Factor - Why did many leave Scotland for better conditions?

Answer 13

Scotland had the highest infant mortality in Europe.

Question 14

Social Push Factor - What type of worker brought back news from abroad for others?

Answer 14

Seasonal workers - e.g. Granite workers from Aberdeen.

Question 15

Social Pull Factor - What railway helped people move across Canada?

Answer 15

Canadian Pacific Railway 1885

Question 16

Social Pull Factor - What encourage those with family members who had emigrated to also emigrate?

Answer 16

Letters of encouragement.

Question 17

Cultural Push Factor - How did societies and organisations encourage Scots to emigrate?

Answer 17

Helped Scots stay connected to their heritage and Culture whilst in a new land. For example the New Zealand Association was formed in 1837.

Question 18

Cultural Push Factor - What was it about the weather conditions of Northern Scotland that encouraged emigration?

Answer 18

They were tough and harsh and people wanted to escape them.

Question 19

Cultural Push Factor -Church ministers encouraged large scale emigration to Canada. Give an example.

Answer 19

Reverend Norman Macleod - Principal Presbyterian minister to the Gaelic community in Glasgow.

Question 20

Cultural Pull Factor - Give an example of somewhere with better weather conditions for farming.

Answer 20

Waipu, New Zealand