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Irish and German Immigrate to American Cities

Irish and German Immigrate to American Cities. ~Danielle Greer Period 2. Irish. t heir most dependent crop failed to harvest three years in a row G reat potato famine o ver 750,000 people starved to death. Germans. f led to escape persecution during the revolt

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Irish and German Immigrate to American Cities

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  1. Irish and German Immigrate to American Cities ~Danielle Greer Period 2

  2. Irish • their most dependent crop failed to harvest three years in a row • Great potato famine • over 750,000 people starved to death

  3. Germans • fled to escape persecution during the revolt • few places other than the U.S. allowed German immigrants

  4. Both • severe unemployment and almost inconceivable hardships • from 1820-1870 over seven and a half million immigrants came to the U.S.

  5. Work • very low-paying jobs • carpenters, clerks, shoemakers/tailors, and domestic servants • Many constructed railroads and built canals Low-paying jobs = poor living conditions

  6. Reaction • natives started the political organization known as the Know-Nothing Party • excluded Catholics and immigrants from public office • twenty-one years before becoming a citizen

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