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Unit 4 – American Expansion, 1800–1848
Topic 4.9
What motivated many Irish immigrants to come to the U.S.?
Belief that the U.S. was culturally similar to Ireland
Starvation due to the potato famine
Desire to practice Protestantism freely
Loss of connection to Gaelic language and heritage
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