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Germany and Ireland

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Ireland and Germany. The Irish potato famine in the 1840s led to a mass migration of Irish people escaping starvation and searching for better opportunities in America. At the same time, political unrest and economic hardships in Germany prompted many Germans to immigrate to the United States.

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