Whitechapel Revision: The Problems with Policing the District

Which of the following statements best represents Whitechapel?

• An area of high immigration levels

• An area of low immigration levels

Which statement best describes Whitechapel?

• Immigrants mixed well with the locals of Whitechapel.

• There was high tension between the immigrants and locals of Whitechapel.

Which of the following groups were often accused of being linked to Jack the Ripper?

• Eastern Europeans

• Irish

• Anarchists

• Jews

Which community was known for their heavy drinking and violence in Whitechapel?

• The Jews

• The Eastern Europeans

• The Irish

• The Anarchists

Many Irish immigrants were hoping to make enough money in London to afford to travel on to where?

• Scotland

• France

• America

• Ireland

Which form of employment did many Irish men take on when they arrived in London?

• Worked in the Workhouses

• Worked in the sweatshops

• Worked at the docks

• Worked in the Bell Foundry

Who were the Irish Fenians?

• A group of Catholics from Ireland who wanted freedom from the UK.

• A group of Protestants from Ireland who wanted to remain linked to the UK.

• A group of Irish singers in Whitechapel.

• A group of Irish workers at the London Docks.

Which group of immigrants organised a series of bombings in London known as Dynamite Saturday?

• The Jews

• The Irish Fenians

• The Eastern Europeans

• The Irish

What best describes the attitude of local people towards the Irish immigrants in the 1880s?

• Negative. They blamed the Irish for a lot of violence.

• Positive. The locals were friendly and helped the Irish with work

Where had many Jews come from to escape the threat of violence?

• America

• Eastern Europe and Russia

• Italy

• Greece