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Irish Americans

Teacher: Matt
Across
Irish children were seen as
The Irish even helped build New York's
Many Irish women had this job and made up 80 percent of this job market
The Irish were dispossessed of their land by this group
A little known fungus destroyed this percentage of potato crops
The Irish were thought of as these and were kicked about
Many Irish were existing mainly on these
This group of immigrants were a model for the Irish to follow
During the famine years Ireland continued to export grain and cattle to the
Many Irish women were also employed heavily in this job market
Down
In 1855 this many people died from starvation because of the famine
Irish women saw working as a way to become this
During the great famine in a panic many Irish fled to America just to
Many Irish women could not marry unless they had
The Irish were in competition with this group for jobs
The Irish provided labor for building canals and
By 1890 the Irish controlled the Democratic party organizations in most of the
Many Irish wanted to return to their homeland but they stayed and
Through political machines many Irish gained jobs in the fire department and in this department
The next generation of Irish women took different employment opportunities such as secretaries, nurses, and