Irish-German Immigrants in the United States
In the wake of the deadly Irish Potato Famine of the mid-1840s, thousands of immigrants crossed the dangerous waters of the Atlantic hoping to reach America, the "Land of Opportunity". With this the United States witnessed substantial growth in its Atlantic coastal cities in the Northeast, promoting the growth of the nation's industrial economy and national workforce.
This information is evident from viewing this graph; one can clearly notice the huge spike in immigrants around the 1850s.
In the wake of the deadly Irish Potato Famine of the mid-1840s, thousands of immigrants crossed the dangerous waters of the Atlantic hoping to reach America, the "Land of Opportunity". With this the United States witnessed substantial growth in its Atlantic coastal cities in the Northeast, promoting the growth of the nation's industrial economy and national workforce.
This information is evident from viewing this graph; one can clearly notice the huge spike in immigrants around the 1850s.
ftp://ftp.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/CT1970p1-04.pdf
The Population Shift
As the Industrial Revolution boomed within the United States, unemployed Americans were quick to seek work and a new life in the many booming cities that served as centers for trade and commerce . With the introduction of a new wave of the U.S. workers to the urban areas of the country, the drastic population shift from the farms to the cities provided the fuel that the American industry machine needed to become the forerunner for mechanization.
This line graph of the described population shift was directly attributed to the rising number of jobs in the cities that the mechanization and industrialization of the United States.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/files/table-4.pdf
The Shift Towards Manufacturing
As the United States progressed farther into the Industrial Revolution, many unsuccessful farmers in the South settled in the rapidly-growing cities of the Northeast to find work in the booming manufacturing industry. Harbor cities such as New York, Massachusetts, and Charleston witnessed an exponential growth in population as people sought jobs in expanding factories throughout the East Coast of the United States.
As shown in these two pie charts, many Americans and thousands of Irish immigrants leaving their famine-torn home country for better lives contributed to the significant population shift.
As the United States progressed farther into the Industrial Revolution, many unsuccessful farmers in the South settled in the rapidly-growing cities of the Northeast to find work in the booming manufacturing industry. Harbor cities such as New York, Massachusetts, and Charleston witnessed an exponential growth in population as people sought jobs in expanding factories throughout the East Coast of the United States.
As shown in these two pie charts, many Americans and thousands of Irish immigrants leaving their famine-torn home country for better lives contributed to the significant population shift.