Lesson 2

2 Migration in modern Britain: The experience and impact of migrants Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 4

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The 20 questions

  1. Which 1965 Act made racial discrimination in public places illegal?

    • Factory Act 1965
    • Housing Act 1965
    • Education Act 1965
    • Race Relations Act 1965

  2. Which organisation campaigned against racial discrimination in Britain from 1964?

    • CND
    • BUF
    • CARD
    • TUC

  3. Which far-right political party was founded in 1967?

    • Social Democratic Party
    • National Front
    • Labour Party
    • Liberal Party

  4. Which politician made the controversial 'rivers of blood' speech in 1968?

    • Harold Wilson
    • Enoch Powell
    • Edward Heath
    • Clement Attlee

  5. Which key areas were added to anti-discrimination laws by the 1968 Act?

    • Housing and employment
    • Healthcare and schools
    • Agriculture and mining
    • Transport and policing

  6. How did many post-war newspapers often influence public attitudes to migrants?

    • Fuelled hostility
    • Encouraged multiculturalism
    • Ignored migration
    • Promoted integration

  7. Which major public service relied heavily on post-war migrant workers?

    • Civil Service
    • Royal Navy
    • Post Office
    • NHS

  8. What do equal rights movements primarily campaign for?

    • Legal protection
    • Higher taxation
    • Mandatory retirement
    • Trade tariffs

  9. A landlord refuses housing to a Caribbean family in 1965. Which later Act would make such refusal illegal?

    • Immigration Act 1971
    • Aliens Act 1905
    • British Nationality Act 1948
    • Race Relations Act 1968

  10. What does a hostile 1968 newspaper headline best illustrate about the media?

    • Organising NHS rotas
    • Enforcing statute law
    • Providing free housing
    • Shaping public attitudes

  11. What traditional savings practice did migrant communities use to fund housing?

    • Credit unions
    • Building societies
    • Friendly societies
    • Pardner schemes

  12. Which physical additions to towns best reflected newly arrived migrant cultures?

    • Municipal town halls
    • Industrial factories
    • Victorian museums
    • Places of worship

  13. What major area of discrimination was omitted from the Race Relations Act 1965?

    • Housing and employment
    • Education systems
    • Public transport
    • Retail establishments

  14. What is a major limitation of using 1960s opinion polls to study migration attitudes?

    • Digital tampering
    • Government funding
    • Official censorship
    • Wording bias

  15. What do official public service records reveal about the treatment of migrants in daily life?

    • Parliamentary debates
    • Practical authority actions
    • Strict legal definitions
    • Private personal thoughts

  16. Which local factor most directly shaped the daily treatment of migrants in specific towns?

    • Local policing attitudes
    • Imperial crown policy
    • National foreign policy
    • International trade deals

  17. How did post-war migrants predominantly impact the British economy?

    • Supplying labour
    • Lowering rent prices
    • Halting inflation
    • Reducing tax rates

  18. What primary anxiety fuelled the rise of anti-immigration groups in the late 1960s?

    • Pressure on jobs
    • Currency devaluation
    • Import tariffs
    • Agricultural decline

  19. What was the immediate political consequence of Enoch Powell's 1968 speech?

    • Bipartisan consensus
    • Immediate border closure
    • Increased public tension
    • Mandatory repatriation

  20. Which organisation exemplified organised campaigning for migrant equal rights in the 1960s?

    • The Suffragettes
    • The Chartists
    • CARD
    • The Tolpuddle Martyrs

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