nt system, the Irish used their communities and neighborhoods as a basis for gaining control over the Democratic Party. The Irish were masters at the “diverse and desperate” tactics of coalition politics, the backbone of the Democratic Party. Eventually, in 1972, the McGovernists, an anti-ethnic group, took over the Democratic Party, forcing Irish democrats to deflect to the Republican Party.The increased Irish population in the United States during the last half of the nineteenth century had a huge effect on the American Catholic Church. The Church went “from a quiet, reserved institution to an aggressive growth oriented organization.” The basis of the Catholic school system was introduced along with the construction of many parishes. Systems of hospitals and orphanages were also established through the work of the Irish-Catholics.V.Effects on Anglo-Irish relationsThe history of Anglo-Irish relations is the basis for modern Irish republicanism. “A legacy of distrust and hatred influenced Anglo-Irish relations. The folk memory of the ordinary people retains the bitter recollections to this day – the coffin ships, the soup kitchens, the mass graves, the workhouses; all under the watchful eyes of thousands of well-fed British troops.”As a response to this treatment, rebellions broke out. The Young Irelanders, already weakened from hunger, and without adequate arms were sure to loose. The leaders were pro-landlord, and did not condone violence, because of this they were not successful in their endeavors. In order to be truly free from Great Britain the people needed to control the land and be rid of landlords.VI. A starvation, not a famineThere are two reasons that the starvation in Ireland should not be referred to as a famine. The first reason is because there was plenty of food to go around. Second, the reason so many people starved to death was because of the direct actions taken by...
