3.20 British Culture and Society in the 1970s (Race Relations)

Question 1

What did the 1971 Immigration Act do?

Answer 1

Commonwealth citizens with patrial status were allowed unrestricted access to the UK.

Everyone else was dependent on a work permit

Question 2

What were the problems with the 1971 Immigration Act?

Answer 2

This did not confer with residency rights

All permits were subject to the possibility of no-renewal

This meant all Commonwealth citizens without patrial links were effectively reduced to the status of contract labour.

Question 3

Who announced he had a dream that instructed him to give the Ugandan Asians 3 months to leave Uganda?

Answer 3

Idi Amin

Question 4

When did Idi Amin announce his dream?

Answer 4

1973

Question 5

How many Ugandan Asians were there in Uganda?

Answer 5

50,000

Question 6

How many Ugandan Asians would be allowed to enter Britain as per the 1968 quota?

Answer 6

3,000

Question 7

What did the government use as holding centres for the Ugandan Asians?

Answer 7

Military camps

Question 8

How many Ugandan Asians resettled in Britain?

Answer 8

28,000

Question 9

Where did the Ugandan Asians settle?

Answer 9

Mostly in Leicester, Bradford, and West London

Question 11

By 1974, how many Commonwealth immigrants had come to Britain?

Answer 11

1 million

Question 12

By 1974, how many West Indian immigrants had come to Britain?

Answer 12

325,000

Question 13

By 1974, how many Indian and Pakistani immigrants had come to Britain?

Answer 13

435,000

Question 14

By 1974, how many people had come to Britain from Africa?

Answer 14

150,000

Question 15

Where did immigrants tend to settle?

Answer 15

In places that had cultural and familial links

Question 16

In the 1974 elections, how many non-white councillors were elected?

Answer 16

10

Question 17

By 1978, how many non-white councillors were elected?

Answer 17

35

Question 18

What did the 1976 Race Relations Act do?

Answer 18

It made discrimination unlawful in employment, training, education, and in the provision of goods and services.

Question 19

What did the 1976 Race Relations Act replace?

Answer 19

The Acts of 1965 and 1968

Question 20

What Commission was set up as a result of the 1976 Race Relations Act?

Answer 20

The Race Relation Commission

Question 21

How many members did the National Front have by 1976?

Answer 21

20,000

Question 22

How many candidates did the National Front put up in the February 1974 election?

Answer 22

90

Question 23

By 1977, how were the National Front being described?

Answer 23

Britain’s fourth largest party

Question 24

What did Thatcher promise to limit in 1978?

Answer 24

Immigration

Question 25

Where did the National Front hold marches and demonstrations?

Answer 25

Areas of high immigration

Question 26

What incidents did the Trades Council of East London give details of?

Answer 26

Over 100 incidents including 2 murders between January 1976 and August 1978

Question 27

What pressure group was set up in 1977 to combat the National Front?

Answer 27

The Anti-Nazi League

Question 28

When was the Anti-Nazi League set up?

Answer 28

1977

Question 29

What was popular with the National Front and other racist groups?

Answer 29

P*** bashing

Question 30

Which music event began in 1976?

Answer 30

Rock Against Racism

Question 31

How many people attended Rock Against Racism

Answer 31

100,000

Question 32

Who headlined Rock Against Racism

Answer 32

The Clash

Question 33

The police and 'canteen culture' shared many features with what racist group?

Answer 33

National Front

Question 34

By 1976, how many black or ethnic minority police officers were there?

Answer 34

70

Question 35

What happened at the 1976 Notting Hill Carnival

Answer 35

A riot erupted between police and carnival goers where 300 people were injured

Question 36

What was resurrected during the 1970s?

Answer 36

The sus law

Question 37

What did the sus law allow the police to do?

Answer 37

Arrest people they suspected of possible crimes

Question 38

What was the complaint about the sus law?

Answer 38

The police often used this to arrest black people they suspected of possibly committing a crime or about to No evidence was required

Question 39

What percentage of people arrested because of the sus law were black?

Answer 39

50%

Question 40

What campaign emerged to abolish the sus law?

Answer 40

Scrap Sus

Question 41

What did the Black Parents Movement

Answer 41

Set up in response to police brutality towards black children in London

Question 42

When was Blair Peach killed?

Answer 42

23rd April 1979

Question 43

Who was Blair Peach?

Answer 43

He was a teacher and Anti-Nazi League supporter

Question 44

What happened to Blair Peach?

Answer 44

He was killed when a demonstration of the Anti-Nazi League was blocked by police It was alleged that he was hit on the head by a police truncheon

Question 45

When did the Met Police admit responsibility for the death of Blair Peach?

Answer 45

2010

Question 46

Which black footballers were growing in fame during the 1970s?

Answer 46

Justin Fashanu John Barnes

Question 47

In 1978, who was the first black player picked for the England team?

Answer 47

Viv Anderson

Question 48

What music became more popular during the 1970s?

Answer 48

Reggae and ska music

Question 49

How were football terraces places of overt racism?

Answer 49

Fans made monkey noises They threw banana skins

Question 50

What variety show continued to be shown until 1978?

Answer 50

The Black and White Minstrel Show

Question 51

What did the Commission for Racial Equality warn in 1980?

Answer 51

‘racial prejudice is still rife, and so is racial discrimination, while the response of the government has been disappointingly inadequate’

Question 52

Where did much of National Front's support come from?

Answer 52

Decaying urban areas with large immigrant populations

Question 53

Why were numbers of the working class attracted to the National Front?

Answer 53

The basic problems related to appalling housing, high unemployment, and a lack of job opportunities especially for the young