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Immigration

Immigration . The Irish Experience. Where is Ireland?. This is Ireland. Images of Ireland. Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland? Push Factors. The Irish Potato Famine The Great Hunger Poverty British Oppression. Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland? . Why Choose America?.

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Immigration

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  1. Immigration The Irish Experience

  2. Where is Ireland?

  3. This is Ireland

  4. Images of Ireland

  5. Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland? Push Factors • The Irish Potato Famine • The Great Hunger • Poverty • British Oppression

  6. Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland?

  7. Why Choose America? • Promise of Freedom (religious and political) • Hope for a new life • Jobs • Land • “Streets paved with gold”

  8. What Irish Immigrants Anticipated.

  9. Getting to America

  10. What America Was Really Like When You Arrived

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