The Arrival of “Them” ; Who Cares about Maria Monk Anyway?

The Arrival of “Them” ; Who Cares about Maria Monk Anyway?

This week’s reading assignments are particularly rich in diversiity of testimonies from a variety of people seeking entrance into the U.S. As well, arguments from opponents to those individuals coming into the country. Your task this week is to differentiate (if you can) between the kinds of immigrants portrayed in this week’s readings, versus those immigrants portrayed in previous weeks’ readings, from earlier times. For example, fears of the “natives” over the arrival of Irish Catholics in the post-1850-s. Whagt makes them so “different”? How cares about Maria Monk anyway?  What differences (if any) that you can define?

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