Important Dates

Question 1

Highland clearances

Answer 1

Late 18th century up to the 1850’s

Question 2

Highland clearances- when were evictions at their peak?

Answer 2

1840’s

Question 3

Potato blight hit Scotland

Answer 3

1846

Question 4

Education actually

Answer 4

1872

Question 5

Cinemas and dance halls opened

Answer 5

1900’s

Question 6

Took 6 weeks to journey to the USA

Answer 6

1850

Question 7

1 week to travel to the USA

Answer 7

1914

Question 8

A third of emigrants returned to Scotland

Answer 8

1900

Question 9

Sectarian violence common in Glasgow

Answer 9

1850 and 60

Question 10

Orange order formed

Answer 10

1800

Question 11

12 lodges of the orange order in Glasgow

Answer 11

1835

Question 12

300 orangemen attacked Catholics in airdale

Answer 12

1857

Question 13

10,000 jewish immigrants in Glasgow

Answer 13

1914

Question 14

Many jews became involved in legal professions

Answer 14

1939

Question 15

Around 4500 Italian immigrants in Scotland

Answer 15

1914

Question 16

College of Italian hairdressing set up

Answer 16

1928

Question 17

Bank of montreal set up

Canada

Answer 17

1817

Question 18

University of Toronto set up by scot James strachan

Canada

Answer 18

1827

Question 19

John buncle established melbourn iron works (Australia)

Answer 19

1852

Question 20

Robert mccracken established brewing industry in Melbourne (Australia)

Answer 20

1851

Question 21

Scot lachlan Macquarie was first governor of the first Australian bank

Answer 21

1817

Question 22

James semple kerr was head of queensland teacher training (Australia)

Answer 22

1874-1892

Question 23

42 parish churches in new south wales (Australia)

Answer 23

1842

Question 24

Dr David monro introduced first sheep farm to new zealand

Answer 24

1842

Question 25

Many scots settled in the otago province

Answer 25

1840

Question 26

Maori helped scots in harsh winters

Answer 26

1848 1849

Question 27

Indian soldiers who worked for east India company mutanied and Scottish soldiers used to put this down

Answer 27

1857

Question 28

Scots began to question their role in the empire

Answer 28

1920 onwards

Question 29

Women were second class citizens, inferior to men and incapable of voting

Answer 29

19th century

Question 30

Attitudes towards women started to change

Answer 30

20th century

Question 31

Women got the vote

Answer 31

1918

Question 32

National union of women's suffrage societies formed under the leadership of millicent fawcett

Answer 32

1897

Question 33

Suffragists gained 53,000 followers

Answer 33

1914

Question 34

Conciliation bills passed

Answer 34

1910, 1911, 1912

Question 35

Women social and political union formed by emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters

Answer 35

1903

Question 36

Newspapers lost interest in suffragists

Answer 36

1900

Question 37

Women could vote and stand for election on school boards, county councils and as board members of poor houses

Answer 37

1870

Question 38

Boer war

Answer 38

1899

Question 39

Recruitment campaigns

Answer 39

Late 1890's

Question 40

Inter departmental committee on physical Deterioration reported that the health of many males was poor Recommend improved diet and reduction of overcrowding

Answer 40

1904

Question 41

Dundee survey stated that children couldn't learn because they were malnourished

Answer 41

1905

Question 42

Royal Commission found Edinburgh children were underweight compared to children in the USA

Answer 42

1905

Question 43

Glaswegian children found to be in poorer health than Edinburgh children

Answer 43

1906