determine if the Irish colonized or if it immigrated to the United States. Did the Irish face prejudice, segregation, racism, or any combination of the three? If so, how and why?

Answer 1

http://www.google.com/search?q=irish+immigration+to+the+united+states&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGLL_en___US379

Definitely no colonization!

Read widely and take good notes.

Answer 2

so they immigrated?

Answer 3

Yes ... and faced prejudice, etc.

Read several of the websites in those search results.

Answer 4

so they faced segregation,prejudice, and racism?