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An eyewitness account of the greatest land rush in American history.

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A newly arrived immigrant describes working in a sweatshop.

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An eyewitness account of the famine that devastated Ireland.

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Who emigrated - the reasons for emigration

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Doc. 1 : Emigration and press. British drawing inciting poor people to leave the country.

The Illustrated London News, 15th July 1848.

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Who emigrated - the reasons for emigration

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Doc. 2 : The Great Famine in Ireland

[…] Altogether, about a million people in Ireland are reliably estimated to have died of starvation and epidemic disease between 1846 and 1851, and some two million emigrated in a period of a little more than a decade (1845-55).

[…] in the Irish famine of the late 1840s, successive blasts of potato blight - or to give it its proper name, the fungus Phytophthora infestans - robbed more than one-third of the population of their usual means of subsistence for four or five years in a row.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/famine_01.shtml

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Doc. 3 : Italian laborers
Italian American immigrant laborers pose with the "first train" over the Trolley Road during the construction of the New Troy, Rensselaer & Pittsfield Electric Railway, New York.

http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Italian-Americans.html

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Doc. 6 :Erection of farmers in western Ireland in 1881

The eviction of farmers by Protestant landlords, protected by the police, is a famous topic illustrated by the newspapers at this period.

During the years 1845 – 1849, 500 000 people were evicted.The farms having less than 12.5 acres represented 45% of all the farms in 1841 and only 15% ten years later.

D. Colon (dir.), history book seconde, Belin, July 2010

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Doc. 5 :Advertisement for immigration. Ontario, 1869

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Far and Away 1992 Trailer HD | Tom Cruise | Nicole Kidman

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Far and Away 1992 A young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely. Director: Ron Howard Writers: Bob Dolman (story), Ron Howard (story) Stars: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson

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Doc. 8 : White and Chinese miners during the California Gold rush, 1852

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Doc. 7 : White Star Line advertising card. 1910

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Doc. 4 : Jewish emigration

The migration of Jews from Russia to America began in the 1870s, but between 1861 and 1871, only 314 Jews were allowed to emigrate every year. The number increased to 4,304 during the next decade. Then, in April-May 1881, a wave of pogroms* swept through Southern Russian (today, Ukrainian) towns of Yelisavetgrad (today's Kirovograd […] Kiev, […]. The pogroms occurred again, although on a smaller scale, in 1882-1884. Before that, occasional pogroms were only registered in Odessa (1821, 1859, 1871), where they were instigated by the Greeks […]. Panic swept the Jewish population, and it set into motion mass Jewish emigration from Russia to America.

http://www.rtrfoundation.org/kiev-1.html

*an act of organized cruel behaviour or killing that is done to a large group ofpeople because of their race or religion

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Ellis Island Interactive Tour With Facts, Pictures, Video | Scholastic.com

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Learn about immigration on Ellis Island in this interactive, virtual tour. Facts about immigration, pictures of Ellis Island, oral histories, and videos help explain the immigration process to kids.

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This collection of recorded interviews documents the stories of people whose lives were shaped by Ellis Island. Passengers, families, immigration officials, military personnel, detainees, and former island employees share their perspectives and relive the moments that formed our collective history. Educational, uplifting, harrowing, and inspiring, these precious cultural artifacts give meaning and texture to our collections.

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Discover | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

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This collection of recorded interviews documents the stories of people whose lives were shaped by Ellis Island. Passengers, families, immigration officials, military personnel, detainees, and former island employees share their perspectives and relive the moments that formed our collective history. Educational, uplifting, harrowing, and inspiring, these precious cultural artifacts give meaning and texture to our collections.

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Who emigrated - the reasons for emigration

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Doc. 9 :Margaret McCarthy letter

Margaret McCarthy was 23 years of age when this letter was written one year after arriving in America. […]  [She] emigrated as a single woman on the 7th of September 1849 on the ship, Columbus, arriving on the 22nd of October, as part of a group of 114 persons assisted to emigrate from the Estate.

New York September 22nd 1850

My D[ea]r Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters, I write these few lines to you hoping that these few lines may find you all in as good State of health as I am in at present, thank God. […] My D[ea]r father, I must only that this [is] a good place and a good Country for if one place does not suit a Man he can go to another and can very easy please himself. But there is one thing that's Ruining this place especially the Frontier towns and Cities where the Flow of Emmigration is most. The Emmigrants has not money Enough to take them to the Interior of the Country which oblidges them to remain here in [New] York and the like places for which Reason causes the less demand for Labour and also the great Reduction in wages. For this reason I would advise no one to come to America that would not have Some Money after landing here that would enable them to go west in case they would get no work to do here.[...] Come you all together courageously and bid adieu to that lovely place the land of our Birth. […] http://tiara.ie/Margaret_McCarthy_Letter.pdf

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This Act limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.
https://history.state.gov/
President Coolidge signing the Johnson-Reed Act

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PASSENGERS' ACT. - (12TH & 13TH VICRORIA, CAP. 33.) By Hit Excellency SIR WILLIAM THOMAS DENISON, Kinight, 'Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land and its Dependencies. A PROCLAMATION. - The Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 - 1859) - 9 Mar 1850

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