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New York
suffered cholera epidemics that killed thousands -
Horace Mann
became Massachusett's first secratay of education -
The potato blight
this disease that causes rot in potatoes, left many families in Ireland with little food. -
Germans
some Germans had staged a revolution against harsh rule -
Boston
Boston health committe reported that low wages forced most Irish immigrants to live in poor housing -
Know-Nothing Party
nativists founded a political organization that supported measures making it difficult for foreigners to become citizens or hold office -
New York
new york suffered cholrea epidemics again