WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias
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conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks
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globalizing the economy
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restricting immigration to keep jobs for native-born Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the late 1800s, nativists believed that Chinese immigrants were undercutting U.S.-born workers, leading to violence and exclusionary legislation.
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: -In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity.