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=Historian Seminar= September 10, 2009

//Making Sense of the Irish Famine//
Edward T. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Holy Cross College


 * Readings**
 * “Wild Geese and Tragic Exiles” in Thomas H. O’Connor The Boston Irish: A Political History (Northeastern University Press, 1995)

Electronic Prompt(s)

 * 1) How did Irish immigration to Boston change from the 1820s to the 1840s and 1850s?
 * 2) How did this change effect the evolution of Irish American political consciousness during the ante-bellum era?

Resources

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Download PowerPoint handout PDF (3.60MB)

//Annual Immigration to the United States, 1820-2005// PDF (64KB)**
 * Immigration: Making Sense of the Numbers Worksheet**

SIGHT Analysis Worksheet** The Microsoft Word (97-2003) version can be edited. The PDF version provides the ability to type responses directly into the form and ** save ** when using Adobe Readers 8.0 or higher.