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ever to immigrate to the United States was the Irish. Today, there are over forty three million people that are of Irish blood within the US. There were three different reasons that brought Irish to America. The first was the early medieval Christian church. The second was the fight of the Roman Catholic nobility. The third and final was the great potato famine, which was the greatest mass emigration ever. The first and second reason the Irish immigrated was mostly caused by conditions after

The 1995 book “How the Irish Became White” by Noel Ignatiev, offers an insight into the assimilation of Irish immigrants into American society. Ignatiev describes in his thesis how the Irish settled into America by enduring and even taking part in the discrimination against the African American community. Everyone knows that the Irish are physically white, to suggest otherwise would be simply ludicrous. Perhaps it is the title’s absurdity that first shone the spotlight on Ignatiev’s book. However

Irish and Mexican immigrants had similar reasons for migrating to America. Both were leaving behind countries that had little to offer and were enticed by the many opportunities that were said to available in “the Promised Land” and “El Norte”. The Irish were coming from a poverty stricken land where many of them were dying from starvation, where their work was being taken advantage of, where they had become second-class citizens. The Mexicans were coming from to a country where, much like the Irish

2012530058 Zhou, Xuanchen Mrs. Davis American Lit. Oct.18th 2015 Interpreting 'Honor of Rum Alley' and 'Disgrace teh yer people': a historical context and text based speculation of the moral ethics of urban Irish laborers' in the gilded age as the motif of character's behavior depicted in 'Maggie: a girl of the streets' Although in "Maggie: a girl of the streets", Crane, as the founder of American Naturalism, depicted the scenes of protagonist miserably grinded down by cruel reality that evoke tears

The White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) have been at the top of the social hierarchy ever since they arrived to America in the 1600s. The first wave of immigration consisted of the Germans, Irish and Chinese. The WASPs created a way to measure the success of each immigrant group. They acknowledged four factors of success that would show them whether an immigrant group was successful or not. The first factor of success was how much money an immigrant had when they came to America. The more money

in search of a better life. The person I chose to interview family came over to the United States when Ireland was struggling with famine. They came over on a boat through New York and changed there name to make it more American. For this paper I will further discuss the Irish culture and the person I interviewed. Description of the Person and Cultural Heritage For a short time in Ireland many were faced with a hard decision due to the struggling with starvation in a time of famine. With this

### ### American Military University Journey to America Story of the Irish in Antebellum America HS101 - US History to 1877 William J. McMonigle - 3055083 Friday, October 28, 2005  When many think of the times of immigration, they tend to recall the Irish Immigration and with it comes the potato famine of the 1840s' however, they forget that immigrants from the Emerald Isle also poured into America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The assimilation

Irish Immigrants in Boston 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

for the Irish people. Although through many struggles, the Irish prospered as a community. Starting in 1845 the Irish lost their main crop due to an unknown fungus then got uprooted to immigrate or died of disease. The Irish came to America searching for the American dream but only found hostility and unacceptance. This paper will cover troubles through the potato famine, the journey here and even how they were treated when they got to America. The potato blight, most known as the Irish potato famine

Irish Emigration to New York City The Potato Famine - How, Why, and When the Famine Started Many historians equate the Irish immigration to America with the potato famine of the 1840s, but is is clear that a considerable number of Irish had made their way to Great Britain’s colonies on the North American mainland before 1800. For example, many Irish families came and settled the colonies in the early 1600s. Harbors and towns were named after settlers. Some of these settlers even became