Emancipation Podcast Station

- Welcome back to The Emancipation Podcast Station - the place to hear about history researched and retold through the eyes of Middle school and HS students.   Last time on the show... Election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency And Lewis and Clark and their expedition   Today we discuss .   Let’s dive in. Why did the Irish imigrate to America, why did the Germans?   Irish and German immigration 1st Ben- In 1812 to 1870, seven and half million people immigrated,  Halfway through the nineteenth century, a third of the Irish population immigrated to America, and one third germans did too, they did so because of the unemployment they faced and the civil unrest in their countries, they did it because of the near impossible hardships before them. The wave of immigration really affected a lot of cities. 2nd ricky approximately 90% of immigration was either german/irish. This is a huge number the reason they immigrated was because of the potato famine [in ireland] were all they had to eat was potat