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A lot of Irish came during that period, along with european and asian immigrants
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The Irish potato blight receded in 1850, the effects of the famine continued to spur Irish emigration into the 20th century. Still facing poverty and disease, the Irish set out for America where they reunited with relatives who had fled at the height of the famine.
Caused violence in New York, when new Irish immigrants were drafted into the Union army. In the South, one of the most respected Confederate Generals was the Irish-born pharmacist, Pat Cleburne.
They mostly fought for the Union. Since the major port of entry was New York City, and most Irish immigrants had settled in Union states, it was just natural that the Union would see a larger percentage of the Irish immigrants in their ranks than the Confederates.
Large numbers of immigrants fought in the Civil War, particularly the Irish.
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A lot of Irish came during that period, along with european and asian immigrants
Riots in New York - largely newly-arrived Irish immigrants objecting to being drafted into the Army.
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The use of Irish immigrants as workers, the use of veterans of the civil war.
While courts have protected undocumented immigrants’ civil liberties, some argue that those protections are being ignored
False - and many immigrants, primarily Irish, arriving in Northern ports were immediately enlisted into the Union Army
The Irish potato blight receded in 1850, the effects of the famine continued to spur Irish emigration into the 20th century. Still facing poverty and disease, the Irish set out for America where they reunited with relatives who had fled at the height of the famine.
In the 1840s it was because of famine. In other times there were various reasons, but all amounting to people going in search of a better life. They were getting away from things like poverty, unemployment, political issues and violence, amongst other things.
Caused violence in New York, when new Irish immigrants were drafted into the Union army. In the South, one of the most respected Confederate Generals was the Irish-born pharmacist, Pat Cleburne.