The Other America
This ultra-catholic conservative was assassinated in Ottawa Canada in April 1868 likely as a result of his hostility towards the Fenians.
Who is Thomas D'Arcy McGee?
This class of passage replaced steerage on ships.
What is "third class passage"?
Leader of the Parnellites
Who is John Redman?
This Democratic candidate lost the presidential election to Herbert Hoover. Reasons for the loss were religious bigotry and prohibition.
Who is Al Smith?
What is 25 per cent?
With Castle Garden ending, this federally run facility opened in 1890.
What is Ellis Island?
This fraternal society provided social insurance for widow and children of deceased members. It also gets it's name from Christopher Columbus.
What is the Knights of Columbus?
During the early half of the 20th century, Irish immigrant numbers fell everywhere but here?
What is Great Britain?
This corrupt 4x mayor of Boston went on to become a 2x state congressman and 1x Massachusetts governor.
Who is James Curley?
This city was known as the "Belfast of Canada".
What is Toronto?
In the early 20th century, the Irish had the highest death rate among ethnic groups due to these two medical reasons.
What is tuberculosis and vascular disease of the heart and brain?
This armed insurrection occurred in Dublin in April 1916 and is better known as what?
What is the Easter Rising or Easter Rebellion?
These immigrants arrival to Australia and NZ post WWII, resulted in the "Catholic" and "Irish" no longer meaning the same thing.
What is the arrival of Italian immigrants.
This derogatory term for New Englanders whose family wealth originated in maritime businesses.
What is "codfish aristocracy"?
The British North American census of 1871, this fraction of all men of Irish descent listed their occupation as farmers.
What is 1/2?
This country has the 5th largest overseas Irish population due mostly to chain migration.
What is Argentina?
This Australian tax was designed to push single men into the Armed Forces (including the clergy).
What is the "Bachelor Tax"?
A term used by upper class Irish to refer to lower class Irish.
What is "shanty Irish"?
This radio broadcaster said that federal activity (think New Deal $) was ruinous and a step toward communism.
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
He was president of the Hibernian Benevolent Society formed by Catholics in Toronto in 1858.
This is how the Irish described their group within Argentinian society.
What is self-contained? (Irish received religious services, schooling and hospitals all in the English language)
This term of reproach was used by Woodrow Wilson to show his distaste for those seeking to bend American foreign policy to Irish ends.
What is "Hyphenated Americans"?
A New Haven study referenced a "triple melting pot" with compartments for these religions?
What are Jews, Protestants and Catholics?
The 25 years after the end of WWII is considered the what of US economic growth.
What is the golden years of economic growth?