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AMANDA W -- Compare and contrast the ways that many Americans expressed their opposition to immigrants in the 1840s – 1850s with the ways that many Americans expressed their opposition to immigrants in the 1910s – 1920s.

ALAINA Z -- Compare the experience of the following groups of immigrants during the period 1830 to1860.
 * English
 * Irish
 * German

IAN B -- “Throughout its history the United States has been a land of refuge and opportunity for immigrants.” Assess the validity of this statement in view of the experiences of two of the following:
 * The Scotch Irish on the eighteenth century Appalachian frontier
 * The Irish in the nineteenth century urban Northeast
 * The Chinese in the nineteenth century West