Q • How does this article give you a better understanding of the changing perception of Irish immigrants in America?
• What forces allowed the Irish to be assimilated into U.S. culture despite initial resistance?
-These local political machines provided many valuable social services at a time when state and local governments did not. They helped immigrants—originally mostly Irish, but as time passed, newcomers from many other lands as well—become citizens and find jobs, and they would often help out with money or food in times of need.
