History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1835 short lesson, about 20 seconds
One in Eight
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The idea
By the Civil War nearly one in eight Americans had been born abroad, and the Irish made up half of New York and Boston.
In practice
A separate witness counting one point seven million total immigrants in the eighteen forties.
Where people slip
The two witnesses each report one point seven million meaning different things, so each figure keeps its own span and population.
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