America is not what it seems. When I herd about this land of freedom and opportunity. I thought that I would have choices and live free of the criticizing in my homeland Ireland. But I am criticized all the time for my religion. I practice the Roman Catholic church ways.
The protestant and the Congregational churches think us Catholics as a invasion and need to be taken care of. This does not make sense for a place that is said to be a land of freedom. The Americans started this Antiforeignism movement. They believed that they needed to keep the country pure of the american people. Which means that want to stop immigration in the U.S. The Know- Nothing party, was a group of people that was known for their secretiveness. The only reason they made this group was because the overload of immigrants. Especially us, the Irish Immigrants.
The Irish were not always on top of the totem pole. Actually we were never on the tip of the totem pole. After awhile we started to be a majority of the police departments in the city. But once we started to get a foothold in society. Tammany Hall, which was the first gang in america, exploited us immigrants when it came to voting for anything. We didn't have any privacy at all.
The Irish were not always on top of the totem pole. Actually we were never on the tip of the totem pole. After awhile we started to be a majority of the police departments in the city. But once we started to get a foothold in society. Tammany Hall, which was the first gang in america, exploited us immigrants when it came to voting for anything. We didn't have any privacy at all.
Hi Rebek!
ReplyDeleteNice work- It would be interesting for you to explore the social, political and economic comparison of the immigrants today to the irish of the 1840s!
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