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Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Topic 6.9
Why did Irish immigrants face severe discrimination during their arrival in mid-19th-century America?
Irish immigrants were believed to be agents working for British interests in America.
Anti-Catholic sentiment and suspicion of job competition fueled tension with existing inhabitants.
Discrimination arose due to the Irish role in the American Revolution.
There was a widespread fear that Irish immigrants carried dangerous diseases.
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