Question

A main reason most Irish immigrants came to the United States in the mid-1800s was

Answer 1

Escape religious and political persecution

Answer 2

Irish and German Immigration. In the middle half of the nineteenth century, more than one-half of the population of Ireland emigrated to the United States. So did an equal number of Germans. Most of them came because of civil unrest, severe unemployment or almost inconceivable hardships at home.

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