GO WEST YOUNG MAN!
1848 drawing of Berlin street barricades and violence during the Revolution of 1848. |
Family Member One: Emigration Links |
1849 drawing of a family searching for food during the Irish potato famine. |
Swedish Emigration to America | Synopsis of nineteenth century Swedish emigration from AmericanWest.com. |
Swedish Immigration | Summary of Swedish immigration to Minnesota from The University of Minnesota. |
The Irish Potato Famine | Explanation of Irish emigration during the mid-nineteenth century from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. |
Irish-Catholic Immigration | Summary of emigration from Ireland to the United States from The Library of Congress's American Memory Project. |
German Immigration to America | Analysis of emigration from Germany to the United States from The Thinkquest Library. (If the link does not go directly to the webpage, cllick on "Immigration" icon.) |
Three Centuries of Germans in America | Synopsis of the periods during which Germans came to America, where they settled and the ports through which they traveled from The United States Embassy in Germany. |
Unsuccessful Revolution in Germany | Relation of mid-nineteenth century political turmoil to emigration from Oldenberg University. |
American Jewish Immigration | Survey of Jewish immigration, including mid-nineteenth century German Jewish emigration from The Sherwin Miller Museum. |
The Highland Clearance | Explanation of early nineteenth century emigration from Scotland's Highlands from The Highland Folk Museum. |
Norwegian-Americans Write Home | Sampling of letters to Norway to explain immigration history from Norwegian Emigrant Museum/National Library of Norway. |
Dutch Emigration Bursts | Synopsis of major Dutch emigration periods from Hollandnet. |
Image] 3 September 2002. <http://zaurak.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/
1848/icons/Barikadenkaempfe-Berlin.jpg>.
The London News. "Searching for Potatoes in a Stubble Field." [Online Image]
3 September 2002. <http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/ILN/
Condition/Condition2.html>.
Created By:
Brad
Goldberg
8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Humanities and Communications Magnet Program
Eastern Middle School
Last updated July 08, 2003