Irish migrants 1700-1900

Question 1

Irish migrants did hard and dangerous jobs. Many were injured leaving their families in
poverty . They were often ……., building railway lines like the Metropolitan line.

Answer 1

Navvies

Question 2

Irish migrants experience were not great. They lived in overcrowded tenements
Newspapers linked them to crime & disease, calling typhus the ‘ Irish…..’

Answer 2

fever

Question 3

Irish migrants suffered from some outbreaks of anti-catholic attacks such as the …… gordon riots & Murphy riots in

Answer 3

1780

Birmingham

Question 4

Some saw all Irish migrants as ………..- Irish independence fighters who ran a
bombing campaign in London & other cities in the …..

Answer 4

Fenians

1880’s

Question 5

Irish migrants did hard and dangerous jobs. Many were injured leaving their families in
poverty . They were often ……., building railway lines like the Metropolitan line.

Answer 5

Navvies

Question 6

Irish migrants experience were not great. They lived in overcrowded tenements
Newspapers linked them to crime & disease, calling typhus the ‘ Irish…..’

Answer 6

fever

Question 7

Irish migrants suffered from some outbreaks of anti-Catholic attacks such as the …..
Gordon riots & Murphy riots in …………

Answer 7

1780 Gordon riots

Murphy riots Birmingham

Question 8

However government actions improved Irish experiences. Laws allowing them to be
MPs, own land, and attend ………were passed in the 1800s. (also for Jews)

what and when were the acts passed

Answer 8

Allowed to join the army & own land : 1778 Catholic Relief Act

Allowed to vote and be MPs: The 1829 Catholic Emancipation
Act

Allowed to go to university: The Universities Test Act 1871