The Emergence of Irish and German Immigrants in the United States

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show the attributes of the increased immigration of the Irish and German population. Both groups experienced hardships in their homeland in a similar format but in different aspects. Irish immigrants had limited skill sets beyond farming; whereas, German immigrants had more specific skill sets that set them apart from other immigrants and even Americans. The amount of resources that both groups had to accompany them also varied. With more resources at their disposal, German immigrants could spread out further from where they arrived but the Irish immigrants had no such resources hence higher concentrations in arrivals ports such as New York and New Jersey. The research will show specific attributes of each group of people, their contributions and their struggles. The research will show two resilient groups of people who overcame physical and mental struggles to achieve a better life than the one they left.