Question

Where did most Irish immigrants settle between 1820 and 1850?

A. on farms in New England
B. in cities on the East Coast
C. on farms on the western frontier
D. in rural areas of the South

Answer 1

B. in cities on the East Coast

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. Between 1820 and 1850, most Irish immigrants settled in cities on the East Coast.

After 1840, the majority of Irish Catholic immigrants headed for the big cities or the industrial towns of the East Coast, to cities like Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Detroit or Chicago.

It is estimated that 12% of the total population of the United States of America have Irish ancestry, being Irish Americans the second largest ethnic group of European descent after the German Americans.