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I moved to America because of the Potato famine that has caused my family poverty for many years after. I want to move west so I can work my own land
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The ship was very dirty, and overcrowded so many people caught sicknesses and died
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Because people caught sicknesses on the boat and failed the medical exams, they were deported
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Finding a job was not difficult but because of the disscrimination against immigrants they did not pay very well so it was hard to make a lot of money
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There is a lot of unused land in the west so the government wants people to move their so they gave away the land for free
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There is a lot of unused land in the west so the government wants people to move their so they gave away the land for free
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The homestead act was passed so that the empty land in the west could be filled.
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There was a lot of discrimination towards immigrants, there were not hired by some people, they took jobs that no one else wanted. They were also given smaller wages.
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The train I was traveling on toppled over. Nobody died but we had to hold up with the supplies we has until help came
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The west was not very populated at this time, the land was open and there was nothing stopping animals to roam free
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I have now settled in the west I have farmed my own land for profit, and made a famil
