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Immigration The Irish Experience

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Where is Ireland?

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This is Ireland

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Images of Ireland

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Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland? Push Factors

•The Irish Potato Famine•The Great Hunger•Poverty•British Oppression

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Why did People Decide to Leave Ireland?

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Why Choose America?

• Promise of Freedom (religious and political)• Hope for a new life• Jobs• Land• “Streets paved with gold”

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What Irish Immigrants Anticipated.

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Getting to America

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What America Was Really Like When You Arrived


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