1840s-1850s
Many people who worked in the early clothing industry, both as inside cutters and contract seamstresses, were immigrants, primarily Irish in the 1840s and Germans in the 1850s.
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Where did the Germans and irish settled when the arrived to the u.s
seriously? the famine.
Ireland and Germany. The Irish potato famine in the 1840s led to a mass migration of Irish people escaping starvation and searching for better opportunities in America. At the same time, political unrest and economic hardships in Germany prompted many Germans to immigrate to the United States.
Famine :3
The most famous massive Irish immigration to the US was around the 1840s due to the major potato famine in Ireland.
The major factor that led to a flood of Irish immigrants to the U.S. in the 1840s and 1850s is the potato famine which led to starvation and the deaths of almost half of the Irish population.
There was a potato famine and thousands of people were starving to death
The two largest immigrant groups during the 1800's were Ireland and Germany
Well the irish immigration came in three waves. The first and second "wave" came after 1717. Then the last (3rd) wave was in the mid 19th century (1840s). But the majority of the Irish Immigration was during the 1800s. From about 1841-1850 the U.S recorded 780,719 Irish immigrants. The number is a rough calculation but its probably close.