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| Frage | Antworten |
| What is the British Nationality Act and when was it passed? | 1948. All citizens of British empire/commonwealth troops access to Britain with a British passport. |
| When did the Nottingham incident occur? | 23rd August 1958 |
| When did the Nottinghill incident occur? | 30th August 1958 |
| What happened in 1959? (Describe) | The election saw an election of a no. of MPs (Cyril Osborne) who wanted to raise the issue of immigration. 'Keep Britain White' slogan used |
| In 1962 which act did the conservatives pass? | Commonwealth Immigration Act - only immigrants with work voucher could come to Britain. Aimed to restrict commonwealth immigrants who were unskilled. |
| In 1965/66 which act did the Labour party pass? | Race Relations Act - illegal to discriminate against people due to race/colour. Lacked legal power to do anything and did not stop the housing & employment issue. Hard to enforce |
| What was the National Front and when was it introduced? | Openly racist political party. In 1967. It was the response to the arrival of Kenyan Asians |
| In 1968 which act was passed to reduce the number of work vouchers? | Commonwealth Immigrations Act - Not enough to have a British passport, you had to have parents and grandparents from Britain to be born in Britain - 'close connection qualification' |
| When was the Race Relations Act passed and what did it do? | 1968 - Discrimination in housing and employment was illegal - in response to Powell |
| When did the conservative government under Edward Heath pass an act? What was it? | 1971: People had to be partially from Britain - born or lived in Britain for 5 years to arrive. In response to Ugandan Asians arriving. - a revised version of the Commonwealth Act 1968 |
| When was the Racial Equality Act introduced? What was it? | 1976 - Racially offensive music/publications illegal. Tribunals = job applicant suffering from discrimination to report employer. 'Commission for racial equality' to investigate and combat racism |
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