em lived in poverty strickenareas, just as they had lived in England. Irish immigrants worked very hard, and were willingto do so for less pay than the average American worker. This caused many men to be fired sothe company could hire Irish immigrants and save money. This caused them to be heavilydiscriminated against (Irish 1).The Civil War brought about a slight change in attitude towards the Irish though. Many of the immigrants joined the Union army. Their bravery earned them much respectduring the war. This caused a slight change in the attitude and discriminations toward them(Percival 129).The potato famine caused a lasting impression of the people of Ireland, and made amark in history as we know it. It forced hundreds of thousands of people deeper into povertythan they already had been. This poverty would taked decades to overcome, but would neverleave the memory of those who survived it, or their ancestors (Collins)....
