2006-12-15 03:32:26 · 11 answers · asked by stcvarsitycheer 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Here are some good sites to check out.
Irish Immigrants in America during the 19th Century
One honest immigrant wrote home at the height of the potato famine exodus, "My master is a great tyrant, he treats me as badly as if I was a common Irishman." The writer further added, "Our position in America is one of shame and poverty." No group was considered lower than an Irishman in America during the 1850s.
2)The Irish in the Hudson Valley 1865-1929
3)The Irish Famine stimulated a desire to emigrate. The figures for this period show a dramatic increase in Irish people arriving in the United States: 92,484 in 1846, 196,224 in 1847, 173,744 in 1848, 204,771 in 1849, and 206,041 in 1850. By the end of 1854 nearly two million people - about a quarter of the population - had emigrated to the United States in ten years.
4)Irish Emigration by Mary Johnston
2006-12-15 03:44:13 · answer #1 · answered by Akkita 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Italians hated the Irish.
2006-12-15 03:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were treated worse than slaves. At least the slaves of the old south had value and were fed, housed and clothed by their masters to protect their investment. The Irish were paid the lowest wages, did the dirtiest work, were charged exorbitant prices at the company stores, and thrown out of the company housing in the dead of winter by the likes of the Andrew Carnegie and Mellon and Vanderbilt etc. .
2006-12-15 03:39:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Italian immigrants.
2006-12-15 03:35:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First was leaving home for the new world abandining all that they knew to go too a land of uncertainty,the second was on how much booze do they allow a person to carry on the boat and where is the closest pub when you get off it.
2006-12-15 04:03:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the movie One Man's Hero. It shows some of thte torture they endured will serving in the military. It is a great movie. It stars Tom Beringer.
2006-12-15 04:10:18 · answer #6 · answered by elliott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No food stamps for any kids they might have and no 'aid to families with dependant children', for starters.
2006-12-15 05:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quite a few.
2006-12-15 03:34:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were treated worse than the black slaves. my grandma would tell me stories..but my history book would not. hmmm. thats funny isnt it?
2006-12-15 05:25:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
racism stereotyping
2006-12-15 03:36:11 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋