The Irish Americans #8

Comments

1. The Irish Still lived in predominately Irish neighborhoods.


2. Being Irsh Formed self-identy for most.


3. Many of them Stayed very religious.


4. St. Patrick's Day in the 20s was a big hit.


5. Today the Irish still love the parade.

Questions

1. Why is Saint Patrick's Day so big ?
2. What makes the Irish so religiouse?
3. What made them stick so closely together after so many years?
4. Was New York a big Irish populated area?

Vocabulary

1. proprietor
2. nominee
3. tragic

The Irish Americans #7

comments

1. A definning momment for the Iish Americans would have been in 1920s.


2. Al Smith had agined popularity and was a Catholic Irish American.


3. He was also a published author who started his autobiography with "my mother's father and mother."


4. The Irish after gererations were proud to be themselves


5. The Irish still stuck closely together.

Questions

1. What keeps the Irish so close together?
2. Did Catholic Irishmen become more common?
3. Why were the 1920s so important?
4. What makes us Irish so proud to be us?

Vocabulary

1. humiliating
2. predominantly
3. colleen

The Irish Americans #6

Comments

1. In 1877 Irsh railroad workers were informed of a potential pay cut.
2. It was a 10% pay cut and they suffered threw the hard times like the whole country was at the time.
3. 1877 was the year the Strike of 1877 occured (lol).
4. This strike awakened the country.
5. Later strikes occured between 1881 and 1905 as many as 36757.

Questions

1. What caused the strike?
2. What was the main racial group affected?
3. Was the WHOLE country affected?
4. How did the strikes affect the rich?

Vocabulary

1. tocsin
2. subsequent
3. strike

literary terms

The Irish Americans #5

comments
1. Canals were a big thing in the 1820s.
2. 40 majior cannals were built between 1785 and 1850
3. They stretched From Boston to Richmond all the way to Richmond.
4. Some Irish alos worked on the railroads.
5. 393 were irish

Questions
1. Why were Canals such a big thing?
2.why were rail roads not as big?
3. Who were the more unskilled population?
4. What would have happened if there were no Irish ditchdiggers?

Vocabulary
1. pick- a diggin tool
2. migrated workers- those who move from job to job
3. wages- pay

literary terms
1. "... like unskilled..." similie (Can't finish quote due to inappropriates language)
2. man vs. man

Over View
1. this chapter spoke about the jobs the Irsh preformed

The Irish Americans #4

Comments
1. The Irish Catholics percentage started to slowly climb.
2. New York was one of the main imigration areas.
3. Philadelphia was also an imigration area.
4. Balitimore was also an imigration area.
5. Charlestown was again an imigration area.

Questions
1. Why did the irsh pick these spots?
2. What was the Society of the United Irishmen?
3. When was it founded?
4. What was the radical immigration?

Vocabulary
1. Dublin- a place in Ireland
2. Exile- to be banished
3. temporary- no perminent

Over view
1. Spoke mainly about the places the Irish picked to settle

The Irish Americans #3

Comments
1. Many people call the period between 1700-1840 the Forgotten period.
2. The Irish went threw alot of transittion.
3. People from Ireland even Dreesed as women to leave the country.
4. Only about 20 percent of the Irsh that imigrated were Catholics.
5. Around 1790 most of the imigrants were political radicals.

Questions
1. Why were Catholics so few in nubers?
2. Who was Carey, Mathew?
3. What was the Volunteer's Journal?
4.

Vocablulary
1. Radicalism- the sate of being radical
2. sought- to find
3. revolutionary- new

Literary terms
1. "... like exiles." similie
2. "... independace as its a goal." similie

Over Veiw
1. This chapter started speakin about transions the irish face and there coming over to america.