Irish Americans: Racism In The United States

828 Words4 Pages
Irish Americans -1- Irish Americans Irish Americans -2- There are several ethnic groups I belong to. The group that identifies my family the most would be Irish Americans. “More than 7 million Irish immigrants have come to America since the 1600s. This mass movement transformed Irish society and played a significant role in shaping American politics, religion, culture, and economics during the country's most formative years. More than 40 million people in the United States claim some degree of Irish ancestry” (Answers.com, 2008). Most of the Irish people were poor. They were like slaves. They did what ever their masters said to. They cooked and cleaned. There were some wealthy Irish people…show more content…
Anti-Irish racism in 19th century United States included the stereotyping of the Irish as alcoholics, and implications that they monopolized certain (usually low-paying) job markets. It was common for Irish people to be discriminated against in social situations, and intermarriage between Catholics and Protestants was uncommon (Anti-Irish,…show more content…
2008. Retreived May 26, 2008, from Wikipedia Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_racism Donohue, Stacey. Irish. American History through Literature 1870-1920. Eds. Tom Quirk and Gary Scharnhorst. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006. 6 pp. 3 vols. Retrieved May 9th, 2008 from Gale Virtual Reference Library: http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS Irish American. 2008. Encyclopedia of American History. Retrieved May 08, 2008, from Answers.com Web site: http://www.answers.com/topic/irish-american Irish American. 2008. Retrieved May 8th, 2008 from Wikipedia Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_American Rapple, B.A. 2006. Irish Americans. Retrieved May 10, 2008 from Everyculture.com Web site: http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Irish-Americans.html Redlining. 2008. Retrieved May 24th, 2008 for Wikipedia Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining The History Place. 2000. Irish Potato Famine. Gone to America. Retrieved from Historyplace.com Web site:
Show More
Related

  • Annotated Bibliography On Right To Own A Gun

    864 Words  | 4 Pages

    15, March 2008. http://www.ebscohost.com Levin, Bob. “Casualties of the Right to bear arms”. Maclean’s. 112.18 (1999) 27-27. Academic Search Premiere. Ebscohost.

    Read More

  • Biographical Sketch Of Calvin Coolidge

    1643 Words  | 7 Pages

    Ture story. (2009). John Calvin Coolidge Biography. Retrieved February 22, 2009, from bio-True Story: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9256384&page=2 Miller Center of Public Affairs. (2008).

    Read More

  • Pittsburgh Culture

    2210 Words  | 9 Pages

    retrieved 4/3/2008, from Wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pittsburgh_pirates Pittsburgh Steelers. (2008). retrieved 4/3/2008, from Wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Steelers Pittsburgh Penguins. (2008). retrieved 4/3/2008, from Wikipedia web site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins Uniform History.

    Read More

  • Von Braun's Accomplishments

    2872 Words  | 12 Pages

    U*X*L, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC>. 4.

    Read More

  • Black Death Impact On Society

    1013 Words  | 5 Pages

    Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2004. Bentley, J., Ziegler, H., and Streets, H. (2008). Traditions and encounters: A brief global history (3rd ed.). New York : McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9780073534534 Joseph P. Byrne, The Black Death (London: Greenwood Predd, 2004) Sanders, T., Nelson, S., Morillo, S., and Ellenberger, N. (2006).

    Read More

  • Consequences Of American Imperialism

    939 Words  | 4 Pages

    Retrieved on June 20, 2010 from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/903909/american_imperialism_in_the_20th_century_pg3.html?cat=37 Rhyne, J. (2008). History of U.S. Imperialism at the Turn of the Century. Retrieved on June 17, 2010 from

    Read More

  • Better Choice For Canada Swot Analysis

    970 Words  | 4 Pages

    Retrieved October 18, 2008, from Canadian Newsstand Complete database. Granatstein, J. L. "New Democratic Party." World Book Online Reference Center. 2008. [spl] 18 Oct. 2008 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar388330>.

    Read More

  • "A More Perfect Union" by Barack Obama Analysis

    702 Words  | 3 Pages

    "Obama Confronts Racial Division." Associated Press. N.p., 25 Mar. 2008. Web.

    Read More

  • Glencoe World History: The New Order And The Holocaust

    1473 Words  | 6 Pages

    Glencoe World History: Modern times. New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2006. 553-56. Print. [ 4 ].

    Read More

  • Woodrow Wilson's US Foreign Policy During World War I

    1286 Words  | 6 Pages

    2002. February 29, 2009<http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usa wardeclaration.htm> Neiman, Tom. “US involves in World War 1.” History Resource Center: World. 2001. February 16, 2009 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HistRC/hits?docNum=CD21053200 0600861&locID=athe83201&origSearh=true&hdb=Us&T=Rk&s=1&r- d&items=0&second+trie&o=&sortOrder=&n=1=1&false&c=2%tabMap> Luhmann, Miranda.

    Read More

More about Irish Americans: Racism In The United States

Open Document