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  3. Slavery and Expansion
  4. Irish in 19th-Century America
Topic: U.S. History
Time Period: Slavery and Expansion
Category: Lesson Plan

Irish in 19th-Century America

In the 1800s Irish immigrants to the United States faced intense discrimination. The treatment of the Irish raises the historical question of whether the Irish were considered "white" in the 19th century. In this lesson, students examine two political cartoons and two newspaper articles to consider how racial categories may be ambiguous and change over time.

[All files updated on 01/21/20.]

Image: Sheet music cover of The Lament of the Irish Emigrant, a Ballad published by Geo. P. Reed in 1843. From the Library of Congress.

Image: Sheet music cover of The Lament of the Irish Emigrant, a Ballad published by Geo. P. Reed in 1843. From the Library of Congress.

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