Starter quiz
- What was the reason for labour shortages in Britain after World War Two (WW2)?
- immense number of casualties ✓
- immense number of people migrating
- need for more offices
- need for reconstruction ✓
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- Which of the following Commonwealth countries were targetted during post-WW2 recruitment drives?
- Jamaica ✓
- former US colonies
- Barbados ✓
- Trinidad and Tobago ✓
- Germany
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- How many passengers on the Empire Windrush gave their last country of residence as somewhere in the Caribbean?
- 21
- 800
- 1027 ✓
- 1948
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- What is the word for a combination of social and economic factors related to a particular group, community or society?
- 'socio-economic' ✓
- Why were many people from the Caribbean eager to move to Britain in the 1950s?
- There were limited prospects at home. ✓
- They faced persecution in their home countries.
- They were guaranteed well-paid jobs in Britain.
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- Match these terms to their definitions.
- recruitment drive⇔organised search for people to fill jobs ✓
- legal status⇔position someone holds as determined by law ✓
- Windrush generation⇔Caribbean migrants post-WW2 ✓
Exit quiz
- From where did many people migrate to Britain following mid-20th century independence?
- African countries ✓
- Asian countries ✓
- European countries
- North American countries
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- Why did many people migrate to Britain from the Commonwealth?
- better working conditions
- better economic prospects ✓
- a more indolent society
- a more tolerant society ✓
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- In which African countries were Asian minorities heavily discriminated against post-independence?
- Egypt
- Sierra Leone
- Uganda ✓
- Seychelles
- Kenya ✓
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- What word means to be driven or forced out?
- 'expulsion' ✓
- Which act required prospective immigrants from Commonwealth countries to have a job lined up in Britain and imposed quotas on the number allowed to enter?
- 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act ✓
- 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Act
- 1948 British Nationality Act
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- Put the following events in chronological order.
- 1⇔The Commonwealth Immigrations Act was passed.
- 2⇔Asian minorities fled Kenya.
- 3⇔The Commonwealth Immigrations Act was made more restrictive.
- 4⇔Idi Amin expelled Asian minorities from Uganda.
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Key learning points
- Following the independence of many countries in Asia and Africa, there was a wave of migration to Britain.
- Commonwealth citizens felt connected to tolerant Britain, and were encouraged to move there by the British government.
- Following independence in Kenya and Uganda, people of Asian descent experienced discrimination.
- In 1972, Ugandan President Idi Amin expelled Asian people from the country, many of whom moved to Britain.
- The immigration of this group influenced British immigration policies amid racial disparities and societal divisions.
Common misconception
All migrants from Kenya and Uganda during the mid-20th century were of Asian descent.
Not all migrants from Kenya and Uganda during the mid-20th century were of Asian descent; however, large numbers of them were due to the discrimination they faced in newly-independent Kenya and Uganda.
Keywords
Commonwealth - an international organisation consisting of states which once belonged to the British Empire
Expulsion - to drive out or force away
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