Scottish Irish 1765 1775 Formulative Wave Highlanders in Ireland aka warriors effective military people They love weapons and combat Scottish conquered Ireland to take it over Approximately 250 000 Scottish Irish move to Americas They settle in the Backcountry derogatory term The backcountry is the Appalachian Mountains W Penn NC W Vir Kent Tenn Scots Irish Scottish people come over from ireland Homes log cabins built with manure No windows Religion Presbyterians New Lights no churches they meet outside everyone talks Much more voicesterous Traveling ministers in each local community there is no settled minister The ministers travel and visit various places People may be married w out a minister Kidnapping the Bride marriage tradition Whiskey Bourbon scotts Irish love to drink If a baby cries whiskey someone is sick whiskey Families are divided into clans People in your family that are divided by last name Clan alliances that existed in Europe are still alive in the new world Highlander Games friendly competitions Caber toss sword ghts tug of war Anything that will show their strength and skill of war Warriors Minute Men 1 3 of all minute men were scotts irish who helped ght in the REV war War of 1812 2nd rev war scotts irish make up 1 3 of that military force 4 3 million people in the u s today who claim scotts irish heritage And still reside in the Appalachian mountain region First wave of Immigrants 1830 1870 2nd movement of people Come during the Proto Industrial Revolution pre industrial revolution Irish Germans Chinese all come to get jobs Unskilled labor is needed in factories clothing industry food processing Four Factors of Success for all immigrants 1 Money did this immigrant group come over with money If you come with 2 3 4 money it ll be easier to adjust Numbers how many people are coming over The less people that come you blend in more therefore you re better off Location where do you go Related to numbers in that if you come in large groups and settle in same area english are going to freak out Stereotypes what people think of them before they even get there The Irish had terrible stereotypes Location settle in NY Boston 5 points and Southie respectively The Irish stereotypes drunk pale green eyes catholic huge families The Irish in Ireland Push factors Overpopulation more people in the country then jobs Most impoverished nation in the world in 1840 potato famine Politics England colonizes Ireland When the english send in the scotts irish the english will own 95 of the land in Ireland The country is completely controlled by England Penal Laws Laws that all Irish people have to follow Ex all forced to become Protestant all forced to swear an oath of loyalty to Queen Elizabeth they will not be allowed to vote own land hold weapons go to school be involved in politics Irish language is outlawed The Irish will not have equality They wanted them to assimilate their Irishness and become as English as possible The Potato Blight leads to the potato famine Phytophora Infestants get into the soil Was brought over from America It gets into the potato and makes it either completely dried out or completely hydrated The Great Famine 1845 1850 1 million irish die 1 5 million irish migrate to u s Trans Atlantic Crossing villages pick one person usually man speaks english and send him to the u s He will make money and send the money back to Irish so that another person can come 3 months on a boat Ship Fever will kill about 1 5 of people in steerage Tuberculosis coughs up blood Steerage Irish stay there The lower decks of the ship Cof n Ships about 17 000 people who left Ireland will die on the journey to america Who comes Anchor Immigrant original man sent over to make money The catholic priests bring the money back and forth Chain Immigrants people following the anchor immigrant Americans don t like this Ghettos Family Lean Tos big piece of wood against a wall Tenement Building Irish share small space with 7 10 other people father is the head of the family doesn t show much affection Mother is very caring Jobs Men railroads coal mines They are paid more than woman Woman worked less at rst got paid less The woman are nannies cooks They will live in someone else s home so they can send whole paychecks to ireland Prostitute in a brothel they make 10 a week Stereotypes Anti Irish Sentiment Race Violent Religion irish were catholic which was foreign to the u s Blood Drinkers Baby Killers Protestants think catholics are canibals Transubstanitation in the moment where you consume the cracker it becomes the body and blood of christ Brainwashed by the Pope americans want people to assimilate we thought the irish would take over and ever be able to assimilate Black Irish people thought they were black on the inside Boxing New York City Draft Riots 1863 irish immigrants were drafted to ght in the war 120 people killed 300 injured Irish will not be able to take back their violent stereotype Dunkard drinking is part of the culture in ireland Bridget and Paddy Bridget is large not feminine That was the image of an Irish person Paddy is a drunk man large always in jail for being drunk Institutional Catholic Church a welfare system that is run by the Irish to help the Irish Education irish send children to the church to get educated Taught by Priests the irish wanted to retain their culture Bank when you make money the priest will hold onto your money Work helps people looking for a job Social Life center for social life go for parties social mixture Politics over time irish get very political Voting Blocks in districts where the irish are they all vote for the same thing so their candidate wins The church tells them who to vote for The Irish voting blocks get very powerful Political Machines at the head is the political boss people owe a lot of favors to Political boss makes deals with people so that candidates are elected The machines are individuals who control politics in any given area Eventually political machines are outlawed Organized Crime political machines were like the ma a irish become part of organized crime which creates jobs for irish and allows for a lot of money JFK V NIXON 1960 JFK How the Irish became american he was irish got the candidate role due to voting blocks First two candidates to debate on TV Kennedy had a better image on tv Kennedy won He got assassinated GERMANS Stereotypes harsh severe Intro to German Immigration 1 The Pennsylvania Dutch formulative wave germany
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