PPT-Irish Immigrants

Immigration to the United States increased dramatically between 18401860 The largest group of immigrants to the United States at that time were from Ireland Between 1846 and 1860 more than 15 million Irish immigrants came to the US because of a potato blight that destroyed most of the potato crops in the 1840s A famine an extreme shortage of food struck Ireland More than 1 million people died. Policies. Matthew Wright. American University. mwright@american.edu. Irene . Bloemraad. University of California, Berkeley. bloemr@berkeley.edu. Prepared for . IMR 50. th. Anniversary Symposium. Tuesday, September 30, . Chapter 14, section 1. Main Idea: . *In the mid-1800’s, millions of Europeans came to the U.S. hoping to build a better life.. Why It Matters Now:. *These German, Irish, and Scandinavians had a strong influence on American culture.. Introduction to Irish . History. John Rickard. Bucknell. University. Irish Geography. Ireland . is an island located at the far Western edge of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. Map of Ireland. Lying . 8.47 Explain the causes and effects of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to the United States. Immigration. Immigration is . the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.. in Spain. 1) Beatriz Arce Álvarez . 2) Alberto Díez Gutiérrez. 3) Oscar Bayón González. Introduction. In Spain the immigration situation has evolved. It can be said that without major tensions have grown from an initial objective of arrival to another of stay. In 2007, 81% of foreign immigrants were raised to follow in our country (INE 2007). The onset of the crisis has changed the landscape by placing immigrants as a very vulnerable socially. As can be seen, unemployment rate affects differently: 12.56% to 21.26% of Spanish for foreigners. This puts things more difficult for effective integration policies, immediate consequences and the difficulties for the renewal of licenses, or unaffordable mortgages are obvious to outsiders.. Europeans. 1870-1920. 20,000,000 Europeans came to America. Came to New York. Reasons for coming to America:. Famine. Land Shortages. Religious and Political persecution. Birds of passage- . planned to come to America to make some money and then return to their homelands.. H. urt our Economy. They come over here to the U.S. illegally.. They get a job.. On the job, they get hurt like Mr. Velasquez did, and he gets full coverage at the hospital.. Not only does he get full coverage at the hospital, but he asks for a disability check from the U.S. because he got hurt on the job. . .. . The production of iron and steel rose dramatically and western resources like lumber, gold, and silver increased the demand for improved transportation. . Railroad . development boomed as trains moved goods from the resource-rich West to the East. Push factors . versus . pull factors. Forced military service, rigid social/economic systems, religious persecution, . famine. Lots of available jobs in the USA, democracy, fluid social/economic structures. and . Urban Life. Images from Google Images. http://images.google.com/images. Video clip. Immigrants coming to America. New Wave of Immigrants. Mid 1800s to early 1900s- A flood of Immigrants to the U.S.. Irish Traditional Instruments. Fiddle. Uilleann. Pipes. Harp. Bodhrán. Fiddle. The Fiddle itself is identical to the violin, however it is played differently in widely varying regional styles. The Fiddle is the most high pitched member of the string family which includes the viola, the cello and the double bass.. 1870-1920. 20,000,000 Europeans came to America. Came to New York. Reasons for coming to America:. Famine. Land Shortages. Religious and Political persecution. Birds of passage- . planned to come to America to make some money and then return to their homelands.. In the mid-1800s, Immigrants were coming to America by the thousands. Most came from western Europe. Ireland,. England,. Germany, Scandinavia. Some came from China. Push Factors – Cause of . Emigration. One-half of the persons who immigrated to Canada between 1986 and 2001 and who were living in Canada in 2001 were born in Asia. . Immigrants . from East Asia—Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan—were the most numerous, accounting for over one quarter of immigrants who landed during 1996-2001..