America recruited displaced Irish as its unskilled labor force

Evidence

In America, where domestic manufacture had grown as a result of the Napoleonic Wars, there was a shortage of wage laborers. The country scooped up the displaced Irish and made them its unskilled labor force. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 137

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Famine-era Irish immigrants were poorer and entered as unskilled laborers. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 142; Western land was financially out of reach for most Irish laborers. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 331; Pre-Famine Irish emigration was neither uniformly poor nor uniformly English-speaking — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 138 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Famine-era Irish immigrants were poorer and entered as unskilled laborers. #corroborates (0.95) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 142
• Pre-Famine Irish emigration was neither uniformly poor nor uniformly English-speaking #qualifies (0.80) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 138
• Industrialized nations manufacture an unassimilated ethnic underclass to fill menial jobs #expands (0.78)
• Western land was financially out of reach for most Irish laborers. #expands (0.75) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 331