Push factors for emigration of Scots

Why did landlords evict crofters

To replace term with sheep farming

When did landlords evict crofters?

Between 1830 and 1939

Why was it easy for Landlords to evict crofters

Tenants had no legal right to remain on the land

What granted some crofters security of tenure?

The crofters holding act of 1886

What did some landlords offer

Financial assistance for passage overseas

How many highlanders were et list of starvation due to the potatoe famine

150 000

What year was the potato famine

1846

Why did Tu fishing industry suffer

The market for herring declined after the Russian Revolution

Why were some Crofts in the highlands subdivided repeatedly

Overpopulation

What were some new forming methods and techniques

Mechanical reapers and tractors

What did new technology's mean

Fewer workers needed

Foreign competition led to What?

Unemployment in traditional lowland industry's such as iron making and fishing

Why were low wages a reason to emigrate overseas

People struggled to support their families

Why did many Scots lose their jobs in the iron and steel industry's

Competition from England, Wales and overseas

Why did the coal industry decline

Poor management and competition from alternative energy sources

What were the poor living conditions

Cramped homes, poorly built, and limited sanitation facilities

What did poor sanitation facilities lead to

Spread of diseases like cholera and typhus