Immigration in the Antebellum Era

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Immigration in the Antebellum Era

• British, Irish, German

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Immigration Facts

• Between 1830 1860
• 4.78 million immigrants
• 738,200 British
• 1.86 million Irish
• 1.49 million - German

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British

• Post 1815
• Factory work
• Problems in England
• 1830s 1840s
• English farmers and ag. Laborers
• Welcomed by Americans
• Farmers not prepared
• No subgroups

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Irish

• First refugee population
• Remained in port cities
• Worked in various jobs
• Establish communities
• Religious
• Democratic Party
• Mexican American War

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Germans

• Land acquisition
• Germans attract Germans
• Religious diversity
• Complete communities
• Opposed Whigs
• Cultural contributions