USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -: a policy of favoring native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants. : the revival or perpetuation of an indigenous culture especially in opposition to acculturation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of the nativists was to restrict immigration to the United States, particularly that of the Roman Catholic Irish.