What was the name of the 1905 law that restricted immigration?
The Aliens Act
The Race Relations Act
The Asylum and Immigration Act
What happened at the Battle of Cable Street?
Rioters attacked the lodging houses of 'coloured' seamen in Cardiff and South Shields in 1919
Opponents of the Russian government carried out a terrorist attack in 1911
Fascist Blackshirts were prevented from marching through East London in 1936
What was the Lusitania?
A ship that brought West Indian immigrants to the UK in 1948
A passenger ship sunk by a German submarine in 1915
A ship carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in 1939
What happened in several ports in 1919?
Blackshirt marches through the streets
Terrorist acts by opponents of the Russian government
Race riots aimed at migrant seamen
What was the Kindertransport?
A rescue mission for Jewish children
A programme taking 'enemy aliens' by sea to Canada
A scheme to bring Commonwealth immigrants to the UK
What happened after the sinking of the Arandora Star in 1940?
German businesses were attacked
Most German and Italian 'enemy aliens' were released from internment
Jewish refugees on board were granted asylum
What was the ruling of the 1905 Aliens Act regarding refugees?
Refugees could not be admitted to the UK
Refugees could be admitted to the UK
It did not comment on refugees
What was the main purpose of the 1947 Polish Resettlement Act?
To allow Polish servicemen and their families to resettle back in Poland
To force Polish servicemen and their families to resettle back in Poland
To allow Polish servicemen to be joined by their families and settle in the UK
Who had a purpose-built village in Tyne and Wear?
Interned Germans during the two world wars
Belgian refugees during World War One
Polish families after World War Two
What was the effect of the 1925 Coloured Alien Seamen Order?
It allowed foreign seamen to work on British merchant ships
It meant that merchant seamen experienced a 'colour bar'
It led to foreign seamen being deported