The Political Impact of Immigration on Scotland

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The Political Impact of Immigration on Scotland
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Aim

• Examine the political impact which different
  groups of immigrants had on Scotland.
• Success Criteria
• For each immigrant group you can give one example
  of the political impact that they had on Scotland.

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Glossary

• Home Rule to give an area of a country more
  power to run its own affairs.
• Republicans people who wanted Ireland to be an
  independent country.
• Uprising an attempt to seize power by force.
• Trade Unions an organisation which represents a
  group of workers and campaigns for better wages
  and working conditions.

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Irish Immigrants

• In the 1800s and early 1900s Ireland was part of
  the British Empire.
• Many Irish people felt that the British
  government did not care about the problems in
  Ireland or do much to help.
• Some wanted Home Rule they wanted Ireland to
  remain part of Britain but have more control of
  how it was governed.
• Others were Republicans they wanted an
  independent Irish Republic and the end of British
  rule in Ireland.

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The Easter Rising 1916

• When the war broke out in 1914, all talk of home
  rule was suspended until the war was over.
• At Easter time in 1916 a group of Irish
  Republicans launched an armed uprising in Dublin.
• They planned to end British rule in Ireland by
  using force.
• The uprising lasted 6 days and all of its key
  leaders were executed with the approval of the
  Liberal Government.

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Political Support

• After the Easter uprising many Irish Catholics
  moved their support from the Liberals to the
  Labour Party this was a major reason why the
  Labour Party became more popular in Scotland.
• Many Protestant Irish immigrants voted for the
  Conservative/Unionist Party because they wanted
  Ireland to remain part of the UK.

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Lithuanian and Jewish Immigrants

• Lithuanian and Jewish immigrants became
• politically active in two main ways.
• They joined trade unions and campaigned for
  better working conditions.
• The voted for and supported the Independent
  Labour Party (ILP) who campaigned for better
  living and working conditions for workers in
  Scotland.

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Italian Immigrants

• Italian immigrants were less influential in
  politics as many of them were only concerned with
  earning enough money to return to Italy.
• In the 1920s and 1930s some Italian immigrants
  supported Mussolinis Fascist Party.
• There were some minor outbreaks of violence in
  Scottish cities as tension grew between Italy and
  the UK in the 1930s.