Irish Discrimination

From the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, when famine was raging in Ireland, Irish immigration to America came. Many Irish who were starving and sick tried to escape from death by sailing to Canada. Those of the Irish who survived found America for a new place to live. In America, because Irish were unskilled at everything and could not speak English properly, they were discriminated against. There were many labor advertisements that said, "HELP WANTED, NO IRISH NEED APPLY". If they were employed, they were forced to work long hours for minimal payment. 

This picture is illustrating the way Irish supposedly did things

After 1855, the Irish started to build a lot of ships such as steamships and that made discrimination less permanent. In the 19th century, a Board of Commissioners of Immigration opened the city's first immigrant reception station which was called Castle Garden. It was a place where immigrants were received. After it closed, the attitude towards Irish started to change. After the Civil War occurred, they finally began to gain respect.