What were the 3 main waves of immigration?
Which immigrants were living in Britain by 1945?
What was the British Nationality Act? What was its impact?
What was the Windrush?
What happened to the passengers of the Windrush when they reached London?
Outline the debate the SS Empire Windrush sparked.
Why did Caribbean immigration to Britain only rocket in the early 1950s?
How/why did immigration patterns change in the 1960s and 70s? (get 3)
What Asian immigration occurred in the 1950s?
What was the 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act? What was its impact?
What was the nature of Asian immigration in the 1960s and early 1970s?
What was the background to Kenyan Immigration to Britain?
What happened once Kenya became independent?
What was the 1968 Commonwealth Immigrants Act? What was its impact?
What caused, and what happened during, the mass immigration of Ugandan Asians to Britain in 1972?
How did the experiences of West Indian immigrants compare to their expectations of life in Britain?
How were the West Indians discriminated against in housing? Where did they tend to live?
Give an example of Caribbean immigrants being exploited in housing.
What problems did immigrants face in employment during the 1950s?
Give an example of trade union action against 'coloured' workers.
What discrimination did immigrants from the West Indies face in terms of entertainment?
How many immigrants from the New Commonwealth lived in Britain by 1958? Give two reasons as to why racial discrimination turned violent.
What happened in Nottingham in 1958?
What built racial tension in Notting Hill?
What happened in Notting Hill in August 1958?
Who was Kelso Cochrane? What was the impact of what happened to him?
What were the consequences of the violence of 1958 and '59?
Who was Claudia Jones?
Where did Asian immigrants tend to settle?
How were the experiences of Asian immigrants different from that of Caribbean immigrants? (get 3)
What Act was passed in 1965 in regards to immigrants rights? How successful was it?
What did Roy Jenkins say in 1966? Who was trying to expose discrimination at this time?
When was the National Front formed? What did they do?
Who was Enoch Powell? What did he do in April 1968?
What was the reaction to Powell's speech?
What act was passed after Powell's speech? How successful was it?
How had immigrants contributed to British society by the early 1970s in the NHS and Public transport?
How did immigrants contribute to industry and inner cities?
How many non-white people lived in Britain in 1971?
How did immigrants contribute to British culture?
Give two individual immigrants who contributed to Britain.
Sum up the situation by 1975.
What Act was passed in 1976? How successful was it?