They mostly worked on the railroad because they where not that talented because they only knew how to grow potatoes.
They also grew potatoes and and helped faming for other people that needs the help and they are very talented in everything.
they were also against same sex marriage
The had to make fake gold
The Irish, in their large numbers, were looked upon as a drain on society, as they took jobs away from Americans.
The Irish faced hatred from the Americans for taking potential jobs and land. They also had to deal with poor living spaces called tenements.
To start over, begin a new chapter in life. To get more money than they already have. To get a bigger perimeter to farm. Many immigrants needed jobs to get money to buy things they need like food and cloths.
The term Black Irish was a term of abuse of poor Irish immigrants in the latter half of the nineteenth-century. It refers to the necessity of many of these immigrants taking menial jobs perceived by whites in the USA to be the preserve of Negroes (Blacks). It came about as a result of English/Protestant prejudices imported to the USA by the early colonists who saw the Irish as uncivilised and Catholicism as anti-everything for which Protestantism stood - freedom, democracy, capitalism etc. etc..
The had to make fake gold
The party offered them social service and jobs.
The party offered them social service and jobs.
In the early 1900s, millions of immigrants came to East Coast cities such as New York City and Boston. Cities were a popular destination due to the availability of jobs.
The Irish came to America on ships as immigrants in the late 1800's. Most of the Irish immigrants came to attain religious freedom, find jobs, and have a better chance and a new start in America.
It was hard for the Irish in America because they were neglected for their accents and jobs with signs saying "Irish no need apply."
Badly. The newest of the immigrants are always discriminated against. They usually had the worst jobs ex. Think about how immigrants are treated today.
The party offered them social service and jobs.
as far as i know no there has never been a time that Irish immigrants were forced to serve as a whole although during the civil war the north lured the Irish over to the us by promises of jobs and the American dream, but when they arrived there were no jobs and they were arrested and given the option of jail or serve
Some examples of challenges faced by immigrants in the late 1800s were:- unable to speak English- overcrowding of the cities- unable to find jobs
The Irish, in their large numbers, were looked upon as a drain on society, as they took jobs away from Americans.
In the beginning of the 1900s jobs for the poor were horrible. Many of the people working were children that were 5 and 6 years of age. Many only worked for cents a week in order to feed there families. Many of the poor people working in these horrible conditions were immigrants. Immigrants got the worst jobs for the lowest income.