WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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restrict immigration
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allow immigration
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help teach immigrants to assimilate
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offer social services to immigrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 1920s nativists in the Gilded Age believed the new surge of immigrants coming to the United States would undermine the fabric of American society.
Detailed explanation-2: -The goal of the nativists was to restrict immigration to the United States, particularly that of the Roman Catholic Irish.
Detailed explanation-3: -These anti-immigrant, or nativist, sentiments had many sources. They were fueled by economic competition over jobs, housing, and public services, but also by religious, cultural, and political biases. Those beliefs were often intertwined with racist views of immigrants that saw them as debased, immoral, and criminal.
Detailed explanation-4: -The hatred and fear of immigrants and immigration during this period was known as nativism or xenophobia. Nativism arose out of the tensions between native-born Americans and newly-arrived immigrants.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.