Terms
Term used to describe when population outgrows resources until plague, famine or war correct it.
What is Malthusian Trap?
Ireland population peaked in 1841 at this number.
What is 8 million?
This Irishman staged public meeting and mass petitions against Irish landlords.
Who is Daniel O'Connor?
After 1840, nearly 60 million Europeans cross the Atlantic, with this fraction going to Canada and the US.
What is 2/3?
These were two points were the main drivers for Irish going to Australia.
What is penal colonization and government assisted migration?
In Buffalo, a businessman was told that the didn't need these if had Irishmen's backs.
What is elevators?
Between 1821 and 1901, this number of Irish people permanently moved to another country.
What is 6 million?
He coined the term "sailing coffins".
Who is Thomas D'Arcy McGee?
Around 1 in 5 immigrants arriving in NY or Boston in the 1820s through 1840s were this age or younger.
What is 14?
During the Potato Famine, Boston sent their new arrivals to this quarantine station, with 20 percent of immigrants treated there dying?
What is Deer Island?
75 per cent of the original Irish migrants in Argentina had come three Irish countries. This was an example of what?
What is Chain Migration?
The Potato Famine occurred between these years.
What is October 1846 to April 1851?
The Irish focused their ire on these 3 groups.
What are natives, Chinese and slaves?
During the mid 19th century, this fraction of Irish immigrants that initially landed in Canada, ultimately made their way to the US.
What is 2/3?
This country believed that the Potato Famine was man-made.
What is the US?
Despite local Irish government raising funds to help promote emigration during the Potato Famine, these funds were rarely used because the day-to-day relief used up the bulk of the money. Who were these "guardians"?
What is Poor Law Guardians?
The Potato Famine wasn't actually cured until this year when copper sulfate was discovered as protection against the disease.
What is 1900?
After 1798, the United Irishmen, a radical movement tried to liberate Ireland from British rule. The fugitives fled from the failed uprising and were welcomed by American president as they were viewed as fellow victims of British tyranny.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
When the fungus took hold in 1846, it destroyed this fraction of the potato harvest that year.
What is 4/5?
The Workhouse Orphans Scheme became a huge controversy in this country.
What is Australia?
It was sometimes assumed that the Irish immigrants stayed in urban areas because of this type of "baggage".
What is cultural baggage? They had been let down by potato so fearful of banking on agriculture again.
By 1861, 31 of every 100 passengers arrived by steam. By 1873, it was this percentage.
What is 97%.
The American Party was also colloquially known as this.
What is the "Know-Nothings"?
Toughest year to emigrate during the Potato Famine (think typhus, dysentery).
What is 1847?
Second city in the US to reach a million people.
What is Chicago?