Irish Immigrants

           The Irish immigrants came to the United States to leave the potato famine, the drought, and the wars that were happening in Ireland. The potatoes were Ireland's main source of food and people could not eat them because they had some kind of bacteria in them. The drought made it even harder for them to stay in their homeland because no crops could grow so nabody had anything to eat. Irish people had no choice but to leave their homeland and go to what the people called the "land of opportunity," or the United States. Many families were very poor because of the famine and the drought.
           The Irish were very poor people in their country because of wars, the potato famine, and a drought that was going on in the country. The immigrants first went to England so it would be much easier to go to the US by boat but some people could not afford it so they found another way from their own homeland to go directly to the US. It was a lot cheaper than going to England and then to the US. Most immigrants went to Canada or New York. On their way here many people died along the way from starvation and disease because it would take months for the immigrants to get here.
            Once the Irish were in the United States they were treated very poorly. From 1820-1860 more than 3 million immigrants moved to the US. They lived in small groups, like "Chinatowns" so they would not separate from their culture. Since the Irish people had a stereotype of being big and strong, they were given hard labor jobs like firemen, policemen, and plumbers.
            I think that the Irish people had no choice but to leave their home because people were dying from starvation and disease. They left their homes by boat in a long journey to the United States. When the Irish got to the United States they were treated very bad and they were given very poor jobs and hard labor jobs. I feel bad for the people that have traveled this far to be treated this way because they worked really hard to be where they are.

A normal family from Ireland that immigrated over to the United States.

The immigrants all excited when they see the Statue of Liberty.