White chapel Flashcards
In the years after 1880, around …… Jewish people would arrive and settle around London.
150,000
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)
14 days of shelter
40%
1%
Education – built the ‘Jewish
Free School’ to help, and was
educating around …… by 1900
4,000
Support – community groups
organised ‘crash courses’ in
……….., as it was not well spoken
English
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
sweatshops
crime ridden
Built Russian Vapour Baths for community, and by 1900, at least ….. baths in East-End for only Jewish
5
Create Jewish Lads Brigade to teach British values to Jewish boys, and……..died for Britain in WW1
535
Local crime levels of theft and ……… increased due to poor living conditions and poverty
prostitution