Push Factors
Religion
Socio-economic
Political
Modern Day
100

This crop died and was a major push factor for immigration.

What are potatoes?

100

Irish immigrants identified as this religion.

What is catholic?

100

Irish people immigrated in these kinds of groups during the periods right before the Civil War.

What are entire Irish families?

100

The Know-Nothings and nativism.

What is 19th century anti-Irish Catholic Party and its ideology?

100

This allowed Irish Americans to have a political voice despite discrimination in the 1800s.

What is the right to vote?

200

In the mid 1800s, this many Irish people relied on food pantries.

What is 3 million?

200

This attack occurred in 1844.

What were the bible riots?

200

Common destinations in the US for Irish immigrants.

What are Big northeastern cities like Boston, Philidelphia, and New York?
200

When Irish immigrants received the right to vote in America.

What is suffrage was given immediately after immigrating?

200

Irish immigrants typically lived here, leading to a demographic preference of rural and suburban areas in the modern day.

Where are mill towns and rural areas?

300

This was the nickname for ships that transported immigrants.

What are coffin ships?

300

This political party gained Irish support.

What is the democratic party?

300

These were the job conditions for Irish immigrants in America.

What is poor, low wages, physical/unskilled labor?

300

This is Bloody Monday.

What is an Anti-Irish riot that killed at least 22 people?

300

This Irish American tradition is still very relevant in the US and politicians took advantage of them to sway votes.

What are St. Patrick's Day parades?

400

Percentage of potatoes that were destroyed over 7 more years after the first year of the famine.

What is 75%

400

Percentage of the American population who were Catholic in 1906 (hint it was after the immigration).

What is 17%?

400

This many Irish people immigranted to the US from the mid 1800s to the Civil War (%)

What is 1/4 of Ireland's population, or 1/3 of America's immigrant?

400

The year/decade that Irish were first seen in American public office.

What were the 1880's?

400

There are this many Irish Americans in the US. (%)

What is 10%?

500
Illness that killed the potatoes.

What is Phytophthora infestans?

500

This city was burned in an anti-Irish/anti-Catholic fight.

Where is Philadelphia?

500

Irish stereotypes of the time.

What are drunkards, apes, and insurrectionists?

500

The 13th American president who disliked "foreign catholics" (Irish).

Who was Millard Fillmore?

500

Irish immigration contributed significantly to population growth in the 20th century. This percentage of immigrants from 1840-1860 were from Ireland.

What is 40%?