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WorksheetsWhitechapel Revision: The Problems with Policing the District
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
What best describes the feeling that Whitechapel locals had towards the Jews? Pick Two
Grateful for their culture
Jealous of their success
Worried about their different culture.
Welcoming towards their families.
Which industry were many Jews successful in during their time in Whitechapel?
Machinery
Tailoring (making clothes)
Railways
Fishing
A term to describe the hatred towards the Jews in Whitechapel in the 1880s is......?
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Jew
Anti-Semite
Anti-Semitism
Which day did the Jewish immigrants work on that upset the locals of Whitechapel?
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Beatings and attacks on Jews in Whitechapel were rare. True or false?
True
False
Which political party organised demonstrations and protests about the condition of the poor?
The Labour Party
The Social Democrats
The Conservatives
The Liberal Democrats
How many brothels were there estimated to be in Whitechapel?
60
61
62
63
How many prostitutes were there estimated to be in Whitechapel?
1,200
1,300
1,400
1,500
Which sentence best describes why women were prostitutes in Whitechapel?
Women wanted to be prostitutes to make money.
Women needed to money to support their husband and family
Women were not able to find money in any other way.
Women had no choice, it was the only way they had to stay alive.
Which item in the list did many locals in Whitechapel become addicted to as a way to escape their lives.
Chocolate
Cigarettes
Alcohol
Coffee
Which strong form of alcohol was cheap and easily available to the residents of Whitechapel?
Vodka
Rum
Beer
Gin
What name was given to the highly decorated bars where alcohol was cheap and easily available?
Rum Palace
Gin Palace
Beer Tavern
Vodka Den
Which best describes the streets of Whitechapel?
Wide
Narrow
Long
Hight
Which of the following would be problems for the police investigating the Whitechapel murders?
Streets were noisy and polluted
Streets were maze like and narrow
Streets were overpopulated at all times of the day and night
All of the options
Which of the following factors would make it difficult to call for help in Whitechapel?
Dirty streets
Overcrowded streets
Noisy streets
Poor sanitation
Which of the following factors would make it easy fir a criminal such as Jack the Ripper to flee a crime scene? Pick two
The maze like alleyways
Protection Rackets
Poor santitation
Overpopulated streets
Eye witness accounts would be best described as what? Pick two
Accurate due to the number of people in Whitechapel.
Accurate due to the willingness to help the police.
Inaccurate due to the resistance to help the police.
Inaccurate due to the high levels of alcoholism.
Why did the newspapers/press make life harder for the police?
They tried to solve the crimes themselves
They sensationalised the stories
They witheld (did not give) evidence they had been sent to the police straight away.
They mocked the police (made fun of them)
All of the options
Which best describes the attitude of many newspapers towards the Metropolitan Police during the Jack the Ripper murders?
Supportive
Mocking
Understanding
Aggressive
How many letters were sent to the newspapers claiming to be from 'Jack the Ripper'?
3
30
300
3000
