Irish Migration To America

The Irish were considered White in 19th century America, but they were considered inferior to the native born Americans. In Document A. the cartoon showed the Irish being labeled as white, but were equal to blacks. So the Irish and blacks were distinguished as having an equal social status. So they were both victims of racism. Then in Document B. it was said “Things which Roman Catholics priests and all true Roman Catholics hate”. All Irish were Roman Catholics, and in the 19th century all Roman Catholics were white. Showing that once again the Irish were white but were discriminated because of their religion. Their religion was discriminated against because it wasn’t the same as the native born American’s. The native born Americans were Protestants.

In the late 1800s, people from other countries across the world choose to leave their homes and move to the United States. United States was seen as the land of economic opportunity at this time because of famine, land and job shortages, and rising taxes in their countries. Many others desired personal freedom or to escape political and religious persecution. Between 1870 and 1900, over 12 million immigrants arrived in hopes of a promising future. The majority of these immigrants were from England, Ireland, and Germany. Immigrants from Europe commonly entered from ports on the East Coast and settled nearby. However, there were a few immigrants who were attracted by lands for farming and moved inland.

Irish Immigrants came to America from poverty of Ireland to have to be treated bad and to live in harsh conditions.

When the First Nation signed the treaty the government promise to give money every year.

The potato famine was the start of it all. Families in Ireland were starving, had contracted diseases, and were dying and having no hope of livelihood. It did not just kill thousands of people, but it also

America is a mixing pot, diverse cultures combined and effectively integrated, however it is dissimilar when talking about immigration and refugees being fully accepted into their society. In the past year, a new president was elected into the white house and there have been some controversies about his way of deal with immigrates, refugees and other minority groups in the USA. In the history of the USA there has been laws restricting people of color to move or build neighborhoods in certain areas within the country, as an example of integration that failed and is still being fixed in the US. A modern-day example is the travel ban, a specific group of countries do are not allowed to travel to the United States. Most of these countries are Muslim

While the United States were determined to expand across the North American continent by exercising Manifest Destiny, there were a huge number of immigrants arriving into the nation. The sudden increase of immigrants entering the country led to disputes over who was American and who was a foreigner. Native-born Americans, specifically the nativist group strongly opposed the massive influx of immigrants coming from all different countries because the nativists were anti-foreign and anti-Catholic. These people were trying to form a distinction and limitation on who was an American citizen with rights. In the 1850s, the Know-Nothing Party emerged as a reaction to the migration of European immigrants. The Know-Nothing Party was a secret organization amongst members but slowly became known to the public as another political party. This political party resolved to limit foreigners and Catholics from participating in politics or holding any form of power in society. Thus, the Irish immigrants were mainly targeted because of their religion. Discrimination of the Irish based on religion demonstrates that British prejudices about the Irish and Catholics carried over into the New Republic.

The Irish saw life through a peasant eyes. They went to the United States hoping to make enough money to return to Ireland and buy themselves their own land. As a result of that they could injure many negative things. There was still a group of Irish who had no intention

The turmoil of the second decade of the twentieth century gave way to a greater sense of peace and stability in the third, with a peace treaty signed between Ireland and Britain in December of 1921 and Home Rule finally established for most of the Irish isle (Ferriter, n.d.). At the same time, this new society did not lead to instant prosperity, and indeed poverty remained a major and growing problem in Ireland during this decade (Ferriter, n.d.). Economic and social problems that persisted during this decade certainly could have been pushes to increased immigration.

In 1801 Ireland became subject to British rule after the passing of the Act of Union. While under British rule Ireland was faced with the British Corn laws of 1815, causing them to sell most of their corn crop to England (Stork). This went on before, and during, the famine, causing the Irish to gain a strong dependence on the potato. Consequently, the potato became a very popular source of food, especially for pregnant women.It helped them to gain nutrients throughout their pregnancy and carry their children to full term. This increased the population tremendously and decreased the infant mortality rate as well. Dwyer and Lindsay point out that “[t]he fungus phytophthora infestans arrived in Ireland in 1845 after already damaging crops in America, where it first appeared, England, and on the Continent”(188). In 1845 alone, the blight destroyed about one half of the potato crop in

The first waves of Irish immigration to America after 1846 were mainly Catholic. Most of the Irish that arrived were Protestants or Presbyterians, spoke English, had skills and small savings to start a new life. Because of that they were quickly assimilated, and soon independent and self-sufficient.

First and foremost, many of the people who immigrated to America did not wish to leave Ireland. They conjectured that America being “The Promise Land” was not entirely true; however in the end they left Ireland to evade British oppression . Once coming to America, the Irish immigrants predominantly settled in New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois. After

To begin with, the Irish people immigrated to America because much of the population was suffering in Ireland. The Irish had been suffering for centuries,

There were many Immigrants coming into america from all around the world. Some came for jobs, religious and political freedom, and for other reasons. Although the Irish and Chinese are different they are also alike in some ways.

About forty million people from America can follow their ancestry back to Ireland. This is because of the awful famines and diseases that were spread in the nineteen hundreds and led to migration from the country.