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suffered cholera epidemics that killed thousands
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became Massachusett's first secratay of education
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this disease that causes rot in potatoes, left many families in Ireland with little food.
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some Germans had staged a revolution against harsh rule
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Boston health committe reported that low wages forced most Irish immigrants to live in poor housing
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nativists founded a political organization that supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens or hold office
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new york suffered cholrea epidemics again