WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Americans want all people coming to the US to become citizens.
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Americans resent immigrants for a variety of reasons and do not appreciate the trend.
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Immigrants come here to make a better life for themselves.
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Immigrants do not want to come to the US but are forced to come.
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Detailed explanation-1: -: 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-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: -In the 1830s, nativism emerged as a political movement when immigration to the United States increased. This belief held patriotism as the highest ideal and viewed people of certain religions and nationalities as unable to become true Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Increasing nativist sentiment created political movements to restrict immigration. Nativist organizations like the Immigration Restriction League and the American Protective Association advocated strongly for limiting immigration into the United States.