JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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the number of Irish immigrants due to the potato famine.
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the number of British immigrants seeking religious freedom.
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the number of Native Americans due to better political policies.
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the number of Mexican immigrants due to increase in factory jobs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Famine and political revolution in Europe led millions of Irish and German citizens to immigrate to America in the mid-nineteenth century.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thousands of families left Ireland in the 19th century because of rising rents and prices, bad landlords, poor harvests, and a lack of jobs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ireland’s 1845 Potato Blight is often credited with launching the second wave of Irish immigration to America. The fungus which decimated potato crops created a devastating famine.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1845 and 1855 more than 1.5 million adults and children left Ireland to seek refuge in America. Most were desperately poor, and many were suffering from starvation and disease. They left because disease had devastated Ireland’s potato crops, leaving millions without food.