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Irish Immigrant Boy Imagine leaving Ireland to escape starvation during the Potato Famine of 1845. You and your family now live in New York City. Though only ten years old, you already have a job working as a domestic servant for a wealthy family. Like you, many Irish immigrant boys went to work when they arrived in the United States.

Where would you have lived?

a) In a teepee.

b) In a “soddie.”

c) In a simple wood cabin.

d) In a tenement.