Irish Immigration

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2.  This picture shows an American women wearing nice clothes, stirring a pot that says citizenship on it, with little Irish people inside. This picture is showing how the Americans think of the Irish as “lesser” people, and how the Americans didn’t think that the Irish would mix in well with the people of America.

 

3. The Irish people moved to Canda and America due to the great famine.this was when Ireland had no food for eating and people were dying all the time. Also people were getting evicted from their homes by absenteen landlords. This meant they needed to move which led to the coffin ship ride. This was a ship that took the Irish people and moved them to America or Canada. Many people died on these journies and caught sickness and diseases. If you caught a disease on this ship you were forced to get off at Grosse Isle, and put into a confined area for the sick and diseased. When the Irish made it to Canda and the America, they were not welcomed very much. The only place where people were niece to them was in Quebec, due to the hatred they both had towards the English. Any where else, the Irish were treated like crap due to thr impression that Britan had given to America and Canda. This led to the Irish being punished and held lower in class due to the assumption that they were “lesser”.