USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nativism is the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. : the revival or perpetuation of an indigenous culture especially in opposition to acculturation. nativist.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nativism describes an ideology that favors the rights and privileges of the “native born” population over and against those of “foreign” status, however these categories might be defined and ascribed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nativism was a political factor in the United States in the 1790s as well as in the 1830s–1850s. There was little nativism in the colonial era, but for a while, Benjamin Franklin was hostile to German Americans in colonial Pennsylvania; he called them “Palatine Boors".

Detailed explanation-5: -Nativism is a reaction against immigrants. Earlier inhabitants of an area or a country sometimes develop a dislike or fear of immigrants. Nativism and racism are similar. In both cases, a strong dislike or hatred arises on the part of one group against another group.