AP American History

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AP American History
Early American Nationalism and Reform

The rise of immigration in the mid 17th century lead to a spirit of national reform in the United States.  Many Europeans, particularly the Irish and the German, immigrated to America during the 1800s.  There were many different reasons for their immigration, and when they came they influenced American culture greatly.  The United States changed religiously, because of the German and Irish, politically because of the German and Irish, and economically/socially by virtue of the conflicts between the Irish and the blacks and the influence of the Germans on education.
     When the Germans and the Irish immigrated to America, they greatly affected us religiously.  With the enormous inflow of the Irish and the Germans in the 1840s and 1850s, the Roman Catholics became the powerful religious group.  Seeking to protect their children form Protestant education in the public schools, these Roman Catholics began to construct a separate Catholic educational system.  This was enormously expensive for the poor immigrant community, but revealed the strength of its religious commitment.  “Native” Americans were concerned that this “alien riffraff” would establish the Catholic Church at the expense of Protestantism.  The Americans formed a party known as the “Know-Nothing” party, given its name because it was so secretive.  This party wanted rigid restrictions on naturalization and immigration and laws allowing the deportation of aliens.  This group also caused occasional mob violence against the Catholic schools and churches.  This lead to national reform because the Irish and the Germans had, in a way, created a new dominant religion, and helped create more religious diversity.
     The Irish and the Germans were extremely influential in American politics.  The Irish possessed an extreme hatred for the British.  As the Irish increased their population in the United States to nearly two million, politicians often found it politically beneficial to insult and ridicule England.  Most Germans who came to America came b...

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