JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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a policy favoring native American Indians over white Americans
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a policy favoring native American Indians over African Americans
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a policy favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term “nativism” was first used by 1844: “Thousands were Naturalized expressly to oppose Nativism, and voted the Polk ticket mainly to that end.” Nativism gained its name from the “Native American” parties of the 1840s and 1850s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nativism in the early twentieth century In reaction, some embraced nativism, prizing white Americans with older family trees over more recent immigrants and rejecting outside influences in favor of their own local customs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Modern nativism is most associated with the work of Jerry Fodor (1935–2017), Noam Chomsky (b. 1928), and Steven Pinker (b.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants, including by supporting immigration-restriction measures.