Question

Where did the most Irish immigrants settle between 1820 and 1850

Answer 1

The correct answer is cities on the East Coast.

Most immigrant Irish settled in the East Coast between 1820 and 1850.

In 1845, people from Ireland were suffering hunger due to the “Potatoe Famine” ih that region. They decide to emigrate to America in searching of better living conditions for their families. They established in the East Coast of North America and worked the land. Most of the people that entered that region of the continent in those years, did it through the port of New York.

The other options of the question were a) on farms in New England, c) on farms on the West Coast frontier, and d) in rural areas of the South.

Answer 2

They settled in the American interior, mostly in the Midwest.