💛Impact on emmigration Flashcards
(11 cards)
Canadian government actively encouraged what?
Where did they post full-time agents in the 1920s?
Emigration from Scotland
Glasgow and Inverness to promote moving to Canada
the government gave assistance to help ex-soldiers
migrate, what act was introduced
the Empire Settlement Act 1922
many Scots took advantage of this
assistance to escape post-war decline
industries like jute also suffered as declining orders and foreign competition impacted on production. What did this lead to?
leading to lay-off of workers in
Dundee. Emigration seemed a way to get a better life and opportunities
there was unemployment in the Scottish fishing industry, why?
post-war decline in fishing due to loss of herring markets and loss of boat stock. this encouraged emigration
unemployment + decline in industry + lack of opportunities = ?
emmigration
Land raids occurred in…
Lewis, Uist, Skye and Sutherland
Shetland lost what % of its population between ‘21 and ‘28
17%
what island lost 17% population between when and when
Shetland, between 1921 and 1928
by the end of the 20s had the problems of land ownership, poverty and overcrowding been solved?
no, many people saw emigration as their only option
what government act made land available for men who had served in the war
Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919
what were the land raids
people in the highlands and islands occupying land that they had been promised in return for fighting, without the current land lord’s permission.
this caused problems of land ownership, leading to emigration
