Immigration Surge from 1835-1850 -IRISH (potato famine) settle in cities in North & are unskilled workers --> tend to move to urban areas for factories & hard labor; NOT much in South b/c NO econ. need for them -GERMAN (failed revolution) settle in Northwest & are skilled farmers/artisans -->more rich b/c tend to buy land & became farmers (jan 13, 1835 – jan 12, 1850)
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jan 13, 1835
jan 12, 1850
~ 15 years