White chapel Flashcards

1
Q

In the years after 1880, around …… Jewish people would arrive and settle around London.

A

150,000

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2
Q

Local Jewish community leaders offered them ‘……………shelter’ to give them time to find work
- By 1888, around …. of Whitechapel was Jewish (compared to ….% of the entire British Population)
- Searching for jobs other than sweatshop work (hard labour for poor wages)

A

14 days of shelter

40%

1%

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3
Q

Education – built the ‘Jewish
Free School’ to help, and was
educating around …… by 1900

A

4,000

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4
Q

Support – community groups
organised ‘crash courses’ in
……….., as it was not well spoken

A

English

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5
Q

Employment – largely forced to work in illegal ………, for
long hours and little pay, despite the efforts of trade unions Conditions – areas was overcrowded, dirty and …….. ridden

A

sweatshops

crime ridden

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6
Q

Built Russian Vapour Baths for community, and by 1900, at least ….. baths in East-End for only Jewish

A

5

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7
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Create Jewish Lads Brigade to teach British values to Jewish boys, and……..died for Britain in WW1

A

535

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8
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Local crime levels of theft and ……… increased due to poor living conditions and poverty

A

prostitution

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