History GCSE

Anti-alien sentiment

What Anti-alien sentiment means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Hostility among the existing population, who blamed Jewish migrants for driving up rents and undercutting wages, was exacerbated by hostile media portrayals and culminated in the restrictive 1905 Aliens Act.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 13: c1700–c1900: Migration in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - 3 Case studies ● Liverpool in the nineteenth century: its role in migration and the experiences of migrants, including Irish migrants. (study guide)

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Option 13: c1700–c1900: Migration in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain - 3 Case studies ● Liverpool in the nineteenth century: its role in migration and the experiences of migrants, including Irish migrants. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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