USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nativists believed that people born in the United States were better than immigrants. Nativists believed that more people should immigrate to the United States to boost the economy. Nativists believed that immigrants should adopt American culture to better assimilate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some Americans feared that this influx of immigrants would take jobs, bring violent ideologies like anarchism and communism, and fail to assimilate into American culture. These fears continued to grow after World War I, leading to efforts to limit the number of immigrants who could move to the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vocab – Chapter 20-21-Words and Definitions Nativism: favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thus nativism has become a general term for opposition to immigration based on fears that immigrants will “distort or spoil” existing cultural values. In situations where immigrants greatly outnumber the original inhabitants, nativist movements seek to prevent cultural change.