HH Forced Migration

In ___________ the Scottish Poor Law stated that highland landlords had to support their poorest tenants.

People evicted during the Highland Clearances tended to go to...

• the central belt

• India

• Canada

Which people lost their jobs due to industrialisation and new factories

• blacksmiths

• craftspeople

• farriers

The invention of the self binding reaper reduced the number of man days to tend an acre of barley from 22 to only

• 1

• 8

• 12

• 18

Why were farm workers forced to leave a farm when they were laid off?

• They couldn't afford the rent on their house

• Their house came with the job

• Their homes were used as stables

What policy in the Highlands meant that families worked smaller and smaller pieces of land which couldn't support a family.

• consolidation of farms

• subdivision of farms

Which disease affected potatoes and made the inedible?

What % of Mull relied on potatoes for survival?

• 100%

• 90%

• 80%

In 1880 which fraction of people in Glasgow lived in one room?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 1/3

How many people used fishing in the highlands to supplement their income from crofting?

• 6,000

• 3,000

• 7,000

• 5,000