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Austin Meehan

Austin Meehan. Born 1835 Died 1900 A Critical Lens for understanding some key concepts in American History!. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!. POTATO: THE STAPLE CROP. Austin was taught by Edmund Rice in Dublin. POTATO FAMINE- THE IRSIH HUNGER. Austin emigrates across Atlantic Ocean.

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Austin Meehan

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  1. Austin Meehan • Born 1835 • Died 1900 • A Critical Lens for understanding some key concepts in American History!

  2. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!

  3. POTATO: THE STAPLE CROP

  4. Austin was taught by Edmund Rice in Dublin.

  5. POTATO FAMINE- THE IRSIH HUNGER Austin • emigrates across Atlantic Ocean. • arrives in Philadelphia. • met the Know-Nothings, aka ,The American Party who burned down Austin’s church so he had to flee.

  6. WORDS+ ACTION= MOLLY MAGUIRES

  7. SHOVEL: FOR COAL OR FOR KILLING?

  8. BLOODSHED IN PHILLY, GETTYSBURG AND NYC • After the Know-Nothings, Austin had joined the army. He fought in the Civil War at Gettysburg. He killed Confederate soldiers. Many Union Soldiers were brutally injured and put on trains back to NYC. • They felt they had to blame it all on somebody. Race riots erupted. Irish- Americans men killed African Americans. Austin tried to stop it but it wouldn’t work. This started a new race war.

  9. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

  10. THE GILDED AGE!!!!! • Austin moved to Western Pennsylvania. • He worked in the coal mines and shovels the coal • Very bad working conditions[It was very hot] • Horrible pay[7 days a week, 12 hours a day, 5 cents an hour.] • Austin joined a violent organization called the Molly Maguires.

  11. PAVING THE WAY • Unions • Minimum Wage Laws • Health Coverage • Pensions

  12. WORKERS FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS • Austin joined the army • Austin killed the owner of the coal mine. • He was fighting for a just wage. He treated Austin like an animal and he killed him. • While 15 men were hung, Austin escaped. • In 1892, he killed again in Homestead, Pennsylvania. • He felt Andrew Carnegie, a bloody bastard. • He died in 1900. • Austin’s son, grandfather of Brother Sherlog was born in 1885. He died in 1972 while Sherlog was in the 8th grade.

  13. No Justice, No Peace.KNOW JUSTICE, KNOW PEACE!

  14. KEY VOCABULARY • Darwinism • Social Darwinism • Survival of the fittest, dog eat dog world • Laissez-faire • Andrew Carnegie: Captain of Industry or Robber Baron? • Leo XIII- Rerum Novarum

  15. SECOND GENERATION • Austin Jr. • 1885- 1972 • He was 6’1” • Since he was tall, he had jobs coming to him easy. • Because of the Great Depression, he left The Bronx. • He sat in the back of busses with Black Workers to get some cigs while his friends were against it. • He had children: Mary ( Br.Sherlog’s Godmother.) ,Joey, Tessy, Anna, Margaret (Br. Sherlog’s Mother), • Sherlog’s mom married with 3 children: 2 boys[one was Bro. Sherlog.] and his sister.

  16. COMING FULL CIRCLE!!!!!! • Austin Sr. was taught by Edmund Rice. • Brother Sherlog teaches at Cardinal Hayes, a school where Edmund Rice’s Brothers have served since 1940.

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