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6. What happened when they organised a bomb attack on Clerkenwell Prison in December 1867?

  • There was a huge surge of anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment.
  • There was a huge surge of anti-English and anti-Catholic sentiment.
  • There was a huge surge of anti-Irish and anti-Protestant sentiment.
  • There was a huge surge of anti-English and anti-Protestant sentiment.

7. What were they demanding?

  • Freedom from rule by the UK
  • To annex England
  • A MP in parliament
  • To bring back the death penalty.

8. What was introduced to counter Irish terrorism?

  • A new department of the metropolitan police, known as Special Branch.
  • Closing the borders to all Irish immigrants.

9. When did the Irish population grow in the East End?

  • From the 1980s
  • From the 1930s
  • From the 1970s
  • From the 1960s
  • From the 1920s
  • From the 1990s
  • From the 1950s
  • From the 1940s
  • From the 1910s

10. The 1881 census shows the total population of Whitechapel District as _______

  • 26,720,918
  • 2,105
  • 30,709
  • 926,192
  • 203
  • 8,046,252
  • 106,382

11. The average weekly wage was ________

  • 7 pence
  • 4 Pounds and 1 shilling
  • 22 shillings and 6 pence
  • 12 shillings

12. Who were the Fenians?

  • A Democratic group who were widely popular within the immigrants.
  • A mainly catholic group who were seen as a terrorist movement.
  • A protestant group of women.
  • A communist political Party

13. Most People Lived in slum areas known as '_____________'. Up to 30 people could liv in one apartment.

  • Workhouses
  • Rookeries
  • Lodging Houses
  • Orphanages