WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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growing nativist sentiments.
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increasing religious tolerance.
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declining economic conditions.
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changing attitudes about women’s roles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nativism arose out of the tensions between native-born Americans and newly-arrived immigrants. Competition over jobs and a general fear of the unknown, perpetuated by myths and propaganda, helped shape nativism into a strong political movement. The ideas of Social Darwinism also helped to perpetuate nativist sentiment.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Gilded Age there were around 11.7 million people that came to America. From those 11.7 million immigrants10. 6 million of those immigrants came from Europe, which made up 90 percent of the immigration population. The Canadians made up 6.7 percent and then the Chinese made up 1.7 percent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nativism in the Gilded Age. minorities which they considered dangerous to the public interest and health. Nativism is defined as a socio-political policy in the 1800s favoring the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants from Eastern European and Asian nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -One response to the immigration of the Gilded Age was to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating to the United States.