3. +Irish+Immigration+and+Nativism

=**Irish Immigration and Nativism**=

Summer of 1845 Immigrated because of infected potatoes. "Famine Fever"- effects of infected potatoes 750,000 people died
 * __Potato Famine__**
 * cause dysentery, typhus, infestations of lice, diseases spread by lice

Boat from Liverpool to Boston would be about $17 15-20% of immigrants died on boat ride
 * __Trip to US__**

Were not wanted for jobs because they were different The only jobs the immigrants had were dangerous Discriminated against from established citizens (nativism)
 * __Persecution__**
 * "NO IRISH NEED APPLY"
 * Building railroads
 * Working in the mines
 * Immigrants were Catholic and Poor
 * Discrimination in works force aspired them to be involved in politics

Irish Politicians
 * __Adapting in America__**
 * Irish pursued education and politics
 * John F. Kennedy first Irish-American Catholic President
 * Ronald Reagan

1820- 4,000 Irish immigrated to America 1845- 50,000 Irish immigrants 1851- 220,000 Irish immigrants, height of immigration
 * __Statistics__**