Why the irish left ireland
What major problem affected 15% of Britain’s population in the 19th century?
What is poverty and starvation
What caused the Great Famine in Ireland.
What is a Potato blight
What ocean did immigrants cross to reach North America?
What is the Atlantic Ocean
What was the main plot of entry for immigrants into British North America?
What is Quebec
What religion did most Irish immigrants follow?
What is Catholicism
What problem in the countryside was caused by too many people?
What is overcrowding
What happened to potato crops during the famine years?
They were destroyed by a potato disease.
What were the living conditions like on immigrant ships?
What is Cramped and unsanitary
What two major cities did many Irish immigrants settle in?
What is Quebec city and Montreal
What group did Irish immigrants connect with through shared religion?
What are french Canadiens
What economic problem in cities pushed many people to leave Britain?
What is high Unemployment rates
How manny people died because of the great famine
What is 1 million people.
What diseases commonly spread on immigrant ships
What are cholera and typhus?
What types of jobs did many Irish immigrants work in?
What is industrial and construction jobs
What types of infrastructure did Irish workers help build?
What are canals, railroads or roads
What type of unfair treatment did Irish Catholics face?
political discrimination and economic inequality?
What did many Irish families do when the famine became unbearable?
What is they immigrated. (left Ireland)
What disease caused about 10,000 deaths in Lower Canada in 1832?
What is cholera?
What were living conditions like for many Irish immigrants?
What are overcrowded and poor conditions?
How did the irish strengthen the catholic church.
What is by influencing political and labor movements.
What was the main reason many Irish people were forced to leave their country in the 19th century?
What is the Great Famine
What Country ruled Ireland during the great Famine
What is Great Britain
What bacteria causes cholera?
What is Vibrio cholerae?
What were Irish immigrants often unfairly blamed for?
What is spreading diseases.
What is a clear sign of integration the irish community had in Quebec.
What is Irish ancestry