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A 3 page overview of the problems that faced blacks and the Irish during America's move west and how these problems were exasperated by the Dred Scott decision. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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create an ideal society, there was considerable prejudice and discord in our early history. While color and race was a primary determinant of that prejudice and discord, it was
not the only determinant. Indeed, Native-born Americans were even somewhat resentful of the massive numbers of Irish immigrants who came to the United States in the late 1840s and
the 1850s. Interestingly, there were many parallels between the way they regarded and treated these people and the way they regarded and treated free African Americans. In our
countrys earlier history the more a people differed from the dominant European culture that had established itself here the more difficulty it encountered first in being accepted into the country
as an immigrant and second in the relations with the dominant culture once it had immigrated. When these differences were actually physically perceptible, such as in color, the discrimination
a culture faced was even more intense. Even when they were officially free, African Americans suffered tremendously in early America. The predominant sentiment during times of slavery
in the United States was that blacks were inferior to whites. The contention was that the black slave, for example, lived in a state of oblivion to his position
of being owned as property and was almost completely unaware that this position was anything less than that of his white owners. This perception of inferiority obviously didnt end
just because a slave was freed. Indeed, even free African Americans were prohibited from participating in many aspects of society. Interestingly, many similar prohibitions were levied against Irish
Americans as well. Very simply, even from the earliest immigration to this country, Great Britain immigrants were not viewed as equals among one another. The Irish,
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