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=Historian Seminar = October 29, 2009 Madeline English School

“The Scattered Debris of the Irish Nation”: The Famine-Era Irish in America
Edward T. O’Donnell, Ph.D., Holy Cross College


 * “Know-Nothings and Unionists” in Thomas H. O’Connor, __The Boston Irish: A Political History__ (Northeastern University Press, 1995).
 * //N.B. This reading is attached to the reading assigned for Fall Seminar 1// -- //go to the first reading in your packet and look for pages 58-94, which is Chapter 3 "Know-Nothings and Unionists," and follows the "Wild Geese and Tragic Exiles" chapter.//

Electronic Prompt(s)

 * 1) **How did the influx of famine-era Irish immigrants effect native Bostonians’ views of, and reactions to, immigration generally, and Irish-Catholic immigration in particular?**

Seminar Powerpoint Presentation
(pdf presentation)

PDF (18 KB)
 * Occupations of Gainfully Employed Irish Immigrants Handout**[[image:fs7_09_Occupations_of_Irish_Thumb.jpg width="249" height="301" align="left"]]



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

**SIGHT Analysis Worksheet**


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The PDF version provides the ability to type responses directly into the form and ** save ** when using Adobe Readers 8.0 or higher.