Starter quiz
- Which group of Jewish people did the British government initially offer protection to in the 1930s?
- adult Jewish migrants
- all Jewish migrants
- persecuted Jewish migrants
- skilled Jewish migrants ✓
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- What is the name of the conflict between the USA and the USSR that lasted for over 40 years?
- 'Cold War' ✓
- Invasion by the USSR in 1979 and then a succession of civil wars all increased refugee numbers from which country?
- Afghanistan ✓
- Kazakhstan
- Pakistan
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
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- What did the Asylum and Immigration Act of 1996 introduce?
- Penalties for people who brought illegal workers to the UK.
- Penalties for people who bought goods from illegal workers.
- Penalties for people who hired illegal workers. ✓
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- What scheme for asylum seekers was abandoned in 2024 after a change in government in Britain?
- Refusing to let asylum seekers into Britain
- Relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda ✓
- Sending asylum seekers home
- Relocating asylum seekers to Uganda
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- Match the events to the correct descriptions.
- Aliens Act⇔This law differentiated between refugees and migrants. ✓
- Kindertransport⇔This led to 10 000 Jewish children entering Britain. ✓
- Cold War⇔This ended in the collapse of the Soviet Union. ✓
- 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act⇔This set penalties for anyone employing illegal workers. ✓
- 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act⇔This gave refugees no choice on where they could settle in Britain. ✓
Exit quiz
- Name this British port city: located in the west of England, strong links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, large community of Caribbean migrants post-war, birthplace of British Civil Rights Movement.
- 'Bristol' ✓
- What did colour bars allow some people to get away with?
- charging migrants more in shops and bars
- refusing services to Irish migrants
- discriminating against black or Asian people ✓
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- What word means to refuse to use a service as a form of protest?
- 'boycott' ✓
- Select the correct statistics about the migration of Ugandan Asians to Leicester in 1972.
- 60 000 Ugandan Asians were forced to leave Uganda in 1972. ✓
- 27 000 Ugandan Asians had British passports and came to Britain. ✓
- 27 000 Ugandan Asians arrived in Britain without permission.
- 10 500 Ugandan Asians had settled in Leicester by 1978. ✓
- 80 000 Ugandan Asians were forced to leave Uganda in 1973.
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- Ugandan Asians faced a _________ reception from Leicester's council in 1972.
- accepting
- hostile ✓
- neutral
- welcoming
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- Put the following events in chronological order.
- 1⇔The arrival of HMT Empire Windrush
- 2⇔The Bristol Bus Boycott
- 3⇔The expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin
- 4⇔Labour first produced election materials in a variety of Indian languages
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Key learning points
- Many Caribbean migrants settled in Bristol, impacting the built environment and culture of the city.
- The British Civil Rights movement is often said to have started in Bristol, with the Bristol Bus Boycott.
- Many Ugandan Asian migrants settled in Leicester in the 1970s, although the local council were openly hostile to them.
- The Asian community in Leicester was able to have a significant impact on politics and the built environment.
Common misconception
That only the USA had a black civil rights movement.
Britain also experienced its own civil rights movement; it is often thought to have begun with the Bristol Bus Boycott in June 1963.
Keywords
Colour bar - a system where people who are not considered white are denied access to the same services as white people
Boycott - refusing to use a service as a form of protest
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