In the middle half of the 19th century greater than half of the Irish population emigrated to the U.S. due to all of the following EXCEPT:
civil unrest
severe unemployment
inconceivable hardships
religious persecution
2006-08-09 08:17:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
i found the answer...it was religious persecution. Thanks!! <3
2006-08-09 08:24:24 · update #1
All four reasons you cite are causes for the Irish diaspora of the 19th century and which continued through to the middle of the 20th century. The basic cause was the famine which as a consequence led to civil unrest which was relatively minor compared to other periods of Irish history (1798 and 1916-21) The lack of industrialization led to extreme unemployment and the lack of food led to inconceivable hardships (at least 1,000,000 died). The religious persecution was based on the system of providing aid to Catholics who converted to Protestantism. Many refused to do so and suffered as a result.
2006-08-09 12:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by Bullwinkle Moose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the great potato famine1845-49caused terrible hardship to the irish people.This famine was worse in the south,However most of them headed north.or to the uk.Many did migrate to the usa,but that was expensive,compared to staying in the uk
2006-08-09 16:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
religious persecution- mostly civil unrest
2006-08-09 08:25:29 · answer #3 · answered by momcat77 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was a religious persecution at this time because christians and protestan were at war with each other.
2006-08-09 08:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by buang 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
inconceivable hardships -no money, no food, no jobs.
2006-08-09 08:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by Florida Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋