Migration And Empire Flashcards
Pull factors to why the Irish came to Scotland
Close to Ireland/cheap travel/quick journey
Friends and family
Many jobs available
Better housing with sanitation
The Irish communities has established themselves.
Push factors to why Irish left Ireland
Potato Famine/starvation/death/ government too slow to act
Poverty/awful living conditions
Evicted from their homes
Forced to leave by their landlords
Overpopulation in Ireland
Lack of Morden industries
Jobs the Irish did in Scotland
Coal mining
Iron work
In factories
Helped to build railways and canals
In the Cotten industry
General farm work
Jobs the Italians did in Scotland
Went door-to-door selling religious things/items
Owned Ice-cream barrels
Owned fish and chip shops
Worked in cafes and restaurants
Did hairdressing
Jobs the Jewish community did in Scotland
Went door-to-door selling cheap items
Worked in small shops
Did alterations and repairs to suits or clothing
Makes clothes
Jobs Lithuanian’s did in Scotland
Helped to improve condition in the coal mining industry
Coal mining.
The relationship between the Irish and the Scots
They gained a reputation of being strike breakers
We’re given a bad reputation for drunken behaviour
Seemed to cause fights and fought with others
Was judged for having a different religion (catholics were seen as threats by Scots)
The relationship between the Italians and the Scots
Restaurants and other places they worked opened on Sundays.
Judged for having different religion as some Italians were Roman Catholics
The relationship between us he Jewish community and the Scots
Was not bad
Some resentment
Bullying from kids in schools
The relationship between the Lithuanians and the Scots
Worked for less money
Fights
Children were bullied
There was racism
The highland clearance
Rents rose and they became to high for people to pay
Lots of crops failed so little money to pay rent
Landowners wished to have shootings and deer hunting
Lots were evicted from their homes due to these reasons
The impact of the Empire on Scotland (good reasons)
Many workers worked in Scottish industries making Glasgow the workshop of the world supplying the Empire with goods
Jobs were provided
Materials e.g. Cotten was given for textile industries
Was a big employer of Scots…
The impact of the Empire on Scotland (bad reasons)
Provides a guaranteed market
Scots were talented at work but people left and went abroad
Scotland become over-reliant on the trade after countries has to buy from British goods.
Asked about Empire, what can u talk about?
New Zealand
India
England
Canada
Australia
Asked about impact of immigrants on Scotland, what can you talk about?
Irish
Italians
Jewish community
Lithuanians
