Industrial Migrants in Britain Flashcards
c.1700-1900 (24 cards)
Irish reasons
Trading links, job opportunities
Irish experiences
Navvies, joined the army
Irish impacts
Huge profits, growth
Jewish reasons
Persecution, religious
Jewish experiences
The Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, help from richer Jews, discrimination
Jewish impacts
Industry, trade
Africans reasons
Forced migration, slave trade
Africans experiences
If you were…
Rich - better experience
Poor - worsened experience
Africans impacts
Maritime and domestic work, they helped abolition movement
Asians reasons
Travelled with families and abandoned, ELC
Asians experiences
Left destitute, stranded in a strange country fto them
Asians impacts
Labour contributions, culture exposure
Italians reasons
Avoid warfare, change in Italy’s agriculture, better health in England
Italians experience
Hard manual work, ice cream, gangs
Italians impacts
Skills, ice cream business
Germans reasons
Freedom for German politicians and activists
Germans experiences
Freedom of expression, businesses
Germans impacts
Reuters News Agency, radical ideas
Jewish East End reasons
Economic opportunities, fleeing persecution
Jewish East End experiences
Jews Free School, lower wages than British workers
Jewish East End impacts
Culture, industralization
CASE STUDY: Liverpool reasons
Trading links, job opportunities
CASE STUDY: Liverpool experiences
Prejudice, poorly paid manual labour jobs
CASE STUDY: Liverpool impacts
Irish migrants, desendants have been involved in the city’s politics, culture and businesses
