USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Belief native born Americans (White, English speaking and Protestant) were superior to others
A
Urbanization
B
Nationalism
C
Immigration
D
Nativism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nativism refers to the belief that native-born Americans were superior to those born in other countries. This caused many immigrants to feel out of place in their new country.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Anti-Chinese The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first of many nativist acts of Congress which attempted to limit the flow of immigrants into the U.S.. The Chinese responded to it by filing false claims of American birth, enabling thousands of them to immigrate to California.

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