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Exercise - The Possible Causes of Irish Emigration

The document discusses the causes of Irish emigration, highlighting the impact of famine due to potato blight in the mid-nineteenth century and the conflict with Britain before gaining independence in 1921. Many Irish people emigrated to America in search of job opportunities and the American Dream. Upon arrival in New York, immigrants faced health checks at Ellis Island to screen for contagious diseases.

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Exercise - The Possible Causes of Irish Emigration

The document discusses the causes of Irish emigration, highlighting the impact of famine due to potato blight in the mid-nineteenth century and the conflict with Britain before gaining independence in 1921. Many Irish people emigrated to America in search of job opportunities and the American Dream. Upon arrival in New York, immigrants faced health checks at Ellis Island to screen for contagious diseases.

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2nde Trace écrite The possible causes of Irish emigration

Fill in the text with the right word or phrase.

The Irish decided to…………………. for many reasons. The country’s population

sufferered from ……………after a disease called the ………………………..destroyed

the potato crops in the …………………………………..

Also, the country was at war against the British before it got its independence

in………………………..

Many Irish people decided to leave and a lot of them went to……………………. This

naming of the country refers mainly to the idea of the…………………………, or the

idea that everything is possible and you can ………………………………...

After a long trip across the…………………………., the immigrants would arrive in

…………………………………and the first thing they would see was the

…………………………. . They would then have to go to Ellis Island,

……………………………………where their health was checked. Indeed, officials

were looking for contagious ……………………………..like

……………………………….or trachoma, an eye infection. They also verified that

immigrants could………………………………………...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many people from Europe fled their country

in search of…………………………., religious freedom, away from wars and conflicts

__________________________

America / diseases / potato blight / Atlantic ocean /

an immigration center / emigrate / New York / tuberculosis

/ read, write and count / job opportunities / American Dream / famine /

Statue of Liberty / mid-nineteenth century / 1921 / make it there

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