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H11/29/12; T11/22/11; T11/16/10; T11/17/09; W11/19/08; H11/29/07; M11/27/06; M11/28/05 Immigration in 1840’s & 1850’s (Ch. 13.1; pp. 351-358). Opening Questions. Q: How did immigration impact PERSIA factors in the 1840’s & 1850’s?

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  1. H11/29/12; T11/22/11; T11/16/10; T11/17/09; W11/19/08; H11/29/07; M11/27/06; M11/28/05Immigration in 1840’s & 1850’s(Ch. 13.1; pp. 351-358)

  2. Opening Questions Q: How did immigration impact PERSIA factors in the 1840’s & 1850’s? Q: How did native-born Americans respond to the immigration of the time period?

  3. I. Overview • great wave of immigration • 1845-54: 3M immigrants • Out of approx. 20M population • 1.8M Irish • Largest proportion of immigrants ever • Irish & German • 1860 – 12% foreign born

  4. Historical Immigration to the U.S.

  5. II. Reasons • escape persecution • small number of imm. • religious: English Mormons, Swedish Quakers • political: German ‘48ers • Economic opportunity • vast majority of imm. • Irish: potato famine • Germans

  6. III. Settlement Patterns • Irish • British port cities → NE cities (5 Points) • individuals – “Paddy & Bridget” • Catholic • unskilled jobs & domestic servants • economic competition w/ free blacks & Nativists • anti-abolitionist, pro-Catholic Irish Stereotypes

  7. III. Settlement Patterns(cont.) B. Germans • Central Eur. ports → MS/NO to MS river & GL cities • St.L, Cin, Mil, Chi, Det • families & whole comm. • insular group – built strong comm. • different classes move together • Lutheran (some Catholic & Jewish) • distrust by Nativists

  8. IV. Nativists • native-born Americans (at least 1 generation) • anti-immigrant • resented private Catholic schools • fear of papacy, drinking • riots & fights – 1844 “Bible Riots” • create American Party (“Know Nothing” Party) • national party by 1850’s

  9. V. Irish Politics • Democratic Party • Why? • jobs, neighborhood associations • Other parties? • Whigs: public schools, temperance • Free Soil, Liberty, Republican: anti-slavery • Know-Nothings: anti-immigrant

  10. Closing Questions • Comparisons to earlier immigration patterns? • economic vs. religious/political freedom? • Why Nativists?

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