Chris Vaughan APUSH Mr. Osborn 11/12/11 Irish‚ German‚ and British Settlers Within the period of 1830 to 1860‚ the experiences of immigrants from Ireland‚ Britain‚ and Germany held many similarities in their motivations for migration‚ with numerous differences found in their interactions with American society‚ and their respective associations with the economy of the United States of America. This time period signified the largest migration of nationalities in the history of the United States
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The United States During the nineteenth century a large number of Irish Catholics immigrated to America in hope of escaping The Great Famine‚ as well as the persecution imposed by the British Penal Laws. The incredibly dangerous journey from Ireland to Ellis Island foreshadowed the hardships that were to come for the Irish. Con artists recognized the overwhelming challenges the Irish faced and capitalized on their naivety. Many Irish were duped into living in overpriced tenement housing with unbearable
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Irish immigrants were a really really big part of the culture change. The largest wave of immigrants came from Ireland because of the famine in their land. Everyone ate potatoes over there‚ so when the crop got a fungus and they died‚ it was a huge problem for the Irish. A whole lot of people ended up dying from the lack of food. A lot of the Irish that came to America couldn’t do anything. They weren’t talented and they had no skills and no money. Mostly they lived up north in cities. They faced
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The life of Irish immigrants in Boston was one of poverty and discrimination. The religiously centered culture of the Irish has along with their importance on family has allowed the Irish to prosper and persevere through times of injustice. Boston ’s Irish immigrant population amounted to a tenth of its population. Many after arriving could not find suitable jobs and ended up living where earlier generations had resided. This attributed to the "invisibility" of the Irish. Much of the very early
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While German and Irish immigration of the 1840?s and 1850?s was similar in many ways‚ some differences were also evident. German and Irish immigrants‚ native of Europe‚ fled across the Atlantic Ocean to the heartland of the United States for different reasons‚ causing numerous different effects on the people and the land they came to inhabit. The German and Irish immigration of this time period can be compared through their motives‚ distributions‚ and political effects. German and Irish immigrants
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Report on Irish Immigrants Many immigrants came to the United States for multiple reasons. For example‚ some people fled from Europe to escape religious persecution before the 19th century. Also‚ others pursued for economic opportunities‚ adventure‚ or even possibly a new life in America. The first wave of immigrants who came to the United Reasons that they had to leave Ireland. “The newness of the North American continent and the vitality of its institutions inspired the immigrants to better
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war camps‚ during WWII‚ were treated worse than the prisoners in German war camps. The 2nd World War started in 1939 when France and Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland. The leader of Germany was Adolf Hitler and the the leader of japan was Hidiki Jojo. The main topics will be How were the prisoners in German war camps treated?‚ How were the prisoners in Japanese war camps treated?‚ What is the difference between the camps? What were the terms of the Geneva Convention? Some
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InNei Chio Dr. Brennan Smith Cors 213 February 9th 2016 German Immigrants Germans present the biggest group of incomers to the American society. Indeed‚ about twenty percent of Americans links their origin to German roots. It should be noted that their immigration was not welcomed in the first decades of American history. For instance‚ one of the founders Benjamin Franklin expressed his disturbing about Germans overrunning American shores. He claimed them being too stupid for learning English that
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Irish Immigrants and Their Struggles Shelby Stauble ETH/125 3/21/10 Twyler Earl The Irish people left Ireland and immigrated to America to enjoy a better life‚ get away from the poverty and starvation that they were faced with in Ireland due to the potato famine. They face all kinds of discrimination and were forced to take the worst types of jobs‚ but they never gave up and kept fighting for their freedom. The Irish were brave‚ courageous‚ and hardworking
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Ireland for this? Irish immigrants suffered many problems with their environment especially. It caused mostly starvation upon tons of other things. As you may know‚ potatoes were a big supplement in Ireland. In 1845-1845‚ there came the ’Great Hunger’ or The Irish Potato Famine. There was a famine that passed through the potato crops causing diseases such as typhus and dysentery‚ as well as bringing a massive death toll of 2 million from starvation and disease. Overall‚ Irish immigrants fled to America
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