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Irish Potato Famine Source
Trench, Stewart M. "Primary Sources." Redirection to Equivalent @ Cengage. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. -
Irish Potato Famine
Famine Fever spread through Irish countryside, destroying the majority of their potato crops. This caused them to migrate to America in search of better living conditions and food. "The majority were taken to the grave without any coffin, and buried in their rags . . . rags are taken from the corpse to cover some still living body." This quote displays the wretched conditions in Ireland during the famine and is the main reason the Irish flocked to America to escape sure death. -
More Europeans Move to America
The heart of europe was hit with the disastrous effects of the potato famine as well as failed revolutions, causing hundreds of thousands of German, British, and French immigrants to America. -
California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold in California brought many immigrants to flee westward to escape overcrowding and poverty. Another pull factor to migrating west in America was the alluring opportunity of riches and gold. -
Irish Immigrant Population
According to the records for passengers who arrived at the port of New York during the Irish Famine, "approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list Ireland as the native country". The reason for this large increase is because of the potato famine in Ireland as well as word of new opportunities that were made availabe to new immigrants in America. United States. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Immigration and Naturalization. U.S. National Archives. Web. 19 Apr. 2012. -
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Civil War
War between the North and the South in America over the issue of slavery. -
Northern Pacific Railroad
The Northern Pacific Railroad was made to help convince Germans to migrate to America; the town was named after Otto Van Bismark, a German ruler. -
Start of Gilded Age
Era of rapid economic and population growth in the United States after the Civil War. -
Workingmen's Party
First electoral success in Chicago. Many European immigrants migrated to Chicago where they found a multitude of jobs. -
Irish Boycotts
Knights of Labor(a national organization for workers that reshaped city politics) led non-violent boycotts that began in Ireland, and was adopted by Irish-Americans in 1881. -
Start of Progressive Era
A period of social activism and political reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s.
