Shared Flashcard Set

Details

EURO French Immigration
EURO test 3
31
History
Undergraduate 1
05/25/2011

Additional History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
What were economic factors in immigration to France?
Definition

The coal and steel mines

Textile industries

Term
What were political factors in immigration to France?
Definition

Pogroms and the Russian Jews

The Franco Dictatorship

The Portuguese Dictatorship

The Vietnam War

Term
How many people were Italian in Marseille in 1900?
Definition
1 in 5
Term
What was France in the 1920s?
Definition
The biggest country of immgration
Term
What happened in June 1919
Definition
The Germans were forced to sign a paper saying they were guilty of causing the war,
Term
How many immigrants were in France in 1931?
Definition
2.7 million or 7% of the population
Term
Who was the largest contributer of immigrants to France until 1968?
Definition
Italy
Term
How French nationals were in France in 1946 and 1954?
Definition

1946: 22,000

1954: 212,000

Term

How many Algerian immigrants were in France in 1982?

How many were there in 1999?

Definition

1982: 800,000

1999: 478,000

Term
How many immigrants in France are of North African descent?
Definition
Approximately 1/3
Term
When was the Algerian Independence?
Definition
1962
Term
How did the roles of European migrants and Algerian migrants change in 1970?
Definition
With the Schengen Accords the Europeans migrants became 'internal' migrants and the Algerian migrants became 'foreigners'
Term
What were the consequences of the 1974 stop of immigration after the oil crisis?
Definition

Huge numbers of immigrants wanted their families to join them in France becaue they could not return home without leaving France forever.

Became an important social issur in which the French courts upheld the rights of migrant workers and their families.

Term
In 1984 how many many immigrants to France were part of the family reunification movement?
Definition
77%
Term
What and when was Luis Pasqua?
Definition

A new law in 1993.

It meant that children of migrants were no longer granted citizenship immediately at the age of 16 and instead had to request it.

Term
When was the Treaty of Versailles?
Definition
1918
Term
When was the armistice signed at Compiegne?
WHat did it say?
Definition
22 June 1940
The north and west of France would be controlled by German troops. The remaining 1/3 would be ruled by a French Government from Vichy
Term
When was Charles De Gaulle's resistance speech?
Definition
18 June 1940
Term
What was the Maquis and what was the resistance?
Definition
Maquis: Those who had to leave their normal lives.
Resistance: Those who continued as legal citizens but worked secretly against the Nazi regime.
Term
Who were key figures in the Resistance?
Definition
Etienne Pelletier, Guy Mouquet, Jean Moulin, Nancy Wake
Term
What was the croix de la liberation
Definition
The freedom cross, that of Lorraine (reference to problems in Alsace-Lorraine)
Commissioned from Cartier in London by De Gaulle in 1940
Term
What was the STO and when was it implemented?
Definition
Feb 1943: The French youths were put into obligatory labour service, many sent to Germany to work in armament factories and 1000s joined Maquis to avoid it.
Term
What happened on November 11 1940?
Definition
French university students staged a public demonstration in Paris by celebrating the end of WWI (publicholiday on that day) and kaying a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier.
Term
How many French Muslims consider themselves primarily French?
Definition
40%
Term
How many Muslims support Laicite?
Definition
70%
Term
What is the French identity?
Definition
French language, Laicite, a postivite memory of the Revolution and equality
Term
When was the Laicite law passed?
Definition
1905
Term
When was the Dreysus Affair?
Definition
1894
Term
When was an official legislation banning students to wear objects which manifest their religion?
Definition
2004
Term
What is the Banlieue?
Definition
Where the immigrants were given housing in the 60s and 70s. Outside the cities making a lower socio-economic place for the immigrants
Term
What is Loi Hortefeux?
Definition
2007, moving towards choosing professionals to come into the country. A more open appraoch at the same time as closing off the borders.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!