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Immigration. The Irish Experience. Where is Ireland?. This is Ireland. Images of Ireland. Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland? Push Factors. The Irish Potato Famine The Great Hunger Poverty British Oppression. Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland?. Why Choose America?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Immigration The Irish Experience
Where is Ireland?
This is Ireland
Images of Ireland
Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland? Push Factors
•The Irish Potato Famine•The Great Hunger•Poverty•British Oppression
Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland?
Why Choose America?
• Promise of Freedom (religious and political)• Hope for a new life• Jobs• Land• “Streets paved with gold”
What Irish Immigrants Anticipated.
Getting to America
What America Was Really Like When You Arrived
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