Explain Why The Irish Immigration Was Not Just Because Of The Potato Famine

Week 5 Check Point: Full Sentence Outline

I. The Irish migration was not just because of the potato famine.

A. There was more than just one potato famine in the 19th century.

1. The British government helped the Irish out of the first famine.

2. How they helped during the first famine.

B. The British government did not help during the second famine.

1. The reason they did not help was political.

2. The result was the death of thousands.

C. Getting from Ireland to the United States was not easy.

1. The trip across the Atlantic Ocean was arduous.

2. Many died on the way over.

D. There were many Irish that came, and many
The German immigration was not religious or political.

A. The reason for migration was for land.

1. How the available land was divided by family members in Germany.

2. How the effects of the lack of land available was the cause for immigration.

B. There were no religious or political reasons for leaving at the time.

1. Religions in Germany were not at odds with one another.

2. Politically Germany was stable in these years.

III. Italian immigrants left for political reasons.

A. The government was oppressing their people.

1. How the oppression affected Italy’s population.

2. How this created the mass immigration to the United States.

B. The Italians as the Irish flocked in huge numbers to the United States.

1. How they came to Ellis Island from Italy.

2. What their dreams were about the living in the United States.

C. The Americans looked down on these immigrants.

1. They were used for cheap labor.

2. The result was large ghetto areas being developed.

D. The derogatory names given to the Italians.

1. What these names