Irish migrants 1700-1900 Flashcards
Irish migrants did hard and dangerous jobs. Many were injured leaving their families in
poverty . They were often ……., building railway lines like the Metropolitan line.
Navvies
Irish migrants experience were not great. They lived in overcrowded tenements
Newspapers linked them to crime & disease, calling typhus the ‘ Irish…..’
fever
Irish migrants suffered from some outbreaks of anti-catholic attacks such as the …… gordon riots & Murphy riots in
1780
Birmingham
Some saw all Irish migrants as ………..- Irish independence fighters who ran a
bombing campaign in London & other cities in the …..
Fenians
1880’s
Irish migrants did hard and dangerous jobs. Many were injured leaving their families in
poverty . They were often ……., building railway lines like the Metropolitan line.
Navvies
Irish migrants experience were not great. They lived in overcrowded tenements
Newspapers linked them to crime & disease, calling typhus the ‘ Irish…..’
fever
Irish migrants suffered from some outbreaks of anti-Catholic attacks such as the …..
Gordon riots & Murphy riots in …………
1780 Gordon riots
Murphy riots Birmingham
However government actions improved Irish experiences. Laws allowing them to be
MPs, own land, and attend ………were passed in the 1800s. (also for Jews)
what and when were the acts passed
Allowed to join the army & own land : 1778 Catholic Relief Act
Allowed to vote and be MPs: The 1829 Catholic Emancipation
Act
Allowed to go to university: The Universities Test Act 1871