Starter quiz
- 'Decolonisation of the British Empire happened rapidly as a result of the impacts on Britain of this war.' Which war?
- The First World War
- The Second World War ✓
- The Boer War
- The Cold War
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- What word means to divide a country into parts?
- 'partition' ✓
- Which country gained full control of the Suez Canal in 1956?
- Britain
- Egypt ✓
- France
- the Soviet Union
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- Which former British colony in Africa was made independent in 1957?
- Ghana ✓
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
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- For what act of colonial oppression in its past did the British government apologise for in 2013?
- How it handled the Suez Crisis
- How it handled the partition of India and Pakistan
- How it handled the Mau Mau Rebellion ✓
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- Match these people with their relevant countries.
- Mohandas Gandhi⇔India ✓
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah⇔Pakistan ✓
- Gamel Abdel Nasser⇔Egypt ✓
- Dr Kwame Nkrumah⇔Ghana ✓
- Jomo Kenyatta⇔Kenya ✓
Exit quiz
- Which word describes an international organisation of states which once belonged to the British Empire?
- 'Commonwealth' ✓
- In which year was the British Nationality Act passed?
- 1928
- 1938
- 1948 ✓
- 1958
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- Which event marked the beginning of mass immigration from the Caribbean to the United Kingdom?
- the Second World War
- the British Nationality Act
- the arrival of the Empire Windrush ✓
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- Many people from the Windrush generation worked in which areas?
- politics
- transport ✓
- the NHS ✓
- the food industry
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- Into which port did the Empire Windrush arrive?
- 'Tilbury' ✓
- A carnival linked to the resilience and cultural contribution of the Windrush generation is held in which west London district?
- Croydon
- Greenwich
- Islington
- Notting Hill ✓
- Westminster
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Key learning points
- After WW2, there was a significant labour shortage, so the government invited people from the Commonwealth to work.
- The 1948 Nationality Act created 'Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies' who could move to Britain.
- Many workers from the Caribbean arrived in 1948 on the Empire Windrush.
- Many of the Windrush generation took up roles in transport or as nurses, making important cultural contributions.
- Caribbean immigrants from Britain experienced significant racism and discrimination.
Common misconception
The Empire Windrush brought all Caribbean migrants to Britain.
The Empire Windrush brought the first group of Caribbean migrants to Britain.
Keywords
Commonwealth - an international organisation consisting of states which once belonged to the British Empire
Socio-economic - the combination of social and economic factors or conditions influencing or related to a particular group, community or society
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