Monday, September 26, 2011

The Century of Immigration: The Irish

For Wednesday's class please read the Chapter Six just up to page 145 and consider the following questions:
  • Why is Daniels ignoring the old notion of "old" and "new" immigrants, and what the heck is a shibboleth? 
  • What does he say is the most fundamental difference between immigrants in the colonial period and those after 1820 and what accounts for the change?
  • Can you make sense of the tables 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4? What do they tell us about immigration from 1820-1924? (define decennial)
  • Why did the Irish leave Ireland? How many left?
  • Why did so many go to New England and particularly Boston? How were they received there?
  • What kinds of work did they find? Who did they compete with for the work?
  • Why was their status higher in San Francisco?
  • How did they transform the Catholic Church in America?
  • What is singular about Irish immigrant demographics in the years following the famine?
  • How did the Irish Americans adapt to and change American politics?
  • What's with this cartoon?
Don't forget to submit your Document Analysis Paper revisions by Wednesday.

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