Europe comes to America In the 1850s immigrants flooded US cities One major cause was the Irish potato famine Another cause was the opportunity to escape poverty and practice their religion freely ID: 469634
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Immigration and Battle CriesSlide2
Europe comes to America
In the 1850s, immigrants flooded U.S. cities
One major cause was the Irish potato famine
Another cause was the opportunity to escape poverty and practice their religion freelySlide3
Land of the Free?
Many immigrants were savagely beat and even killed when they got to America
They took the lowest paying and most dangerous jobs
Many were despised for being CatholicSlide4
“Know Nothings”
The American Republican party emerged nicknamed the “Know Nothings”
They wanted immigration restrictions
They wanted foreigners to have to live in the U.S. for 21 years before becoming citizens Slide5
Bleeding Kansas
Missourians who voted illegally in Kansas elections were known as border ruffians
Bushwhackers referred to the Missourians who made raids on antislavery settlements
Kansans who attacked Missouri settlements were called jayhawkersSlide6
The Violence Spreads
The Confederacy began seizing all forts on their land once they seceded
James Buchanan (still president at the time) didn’t try to stop them
He did send supplies to Fort Sumter to help themSlide7
An Act of War
Jefferson Davis thought Lincoln keeping troops at Fort Sumter was an act of war
The Confederacy decided to attack the fort
Finally, Major Anderson had to surrender the fort when they ran out of ammunition