White chapel

Question 1

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

Answer 1

150,000

Question 2

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)

Answer 2

14 days of shelter

40%

1%

Question 3

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

Answer 3

4,000

Question 4

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

Answer 4

English

Question 5

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

Answer 5

sweatshops

crime ridden

Question 6

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

Answer 6

5

Question 7

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

Answer 7

535

Question 8

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

Answer 8

prostitution