Why Did Antebellum Immigrant Groups Come to Identify Themselves with the Democratic

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Essay

Why did antebellum immigrant groups come to identify themselves with the Democratic party? How did Democratic ideology appear to address the needs of immigrants? How, in turn, did immigrant groups help the Democrats? Discuss this relationship on both the local and the national levels.

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