USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -From the 1820s to the 1840s, Germans and Irish were the two largest groups of immigrants to the United States. The Germans and Irish were frequently subjected to anti-foreign prejudice and discrimination.

Detailed explanation-2: -The largest settlements of Germans were in New York City, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Milwaukee. With the vast numbers of German and Irish coming to America, hostility to them erupted. Part of the reason for the opposition was religious.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1830 and 1860, 4.78 million immigrants were admitted to the United States, of whom 738, 200 were British, 1.86 million were Irish, and 1.49 million were German.

Detailed explanation-4: -The nineteenth century saw much larger numbers of German speakers immigrate to the United States. Approximately 5 million came between 1820 and 1900.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Irish made up the majority of immigrants in this period, particularly during the famine years of the 1840s and 1850s when they comprised more than 90 percent of the city’s foreign-born residents. Germans, Canadians, and those from England and Scotland came in smaller numbers.