WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
RISE OF NATIVISM
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Sacco & Vanzetti Trial
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Scopes Trial
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Repealing of the 18th Amendment
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Emergence of Flapper Style
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Detailed explanation-1: -: 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-2: -In northern cities, which had the largest immigrant populations, nativism-a set of beliefs favoring the interests of established inhabitants against those of immigrants-emerged in the 1830s but grew to a fever pitch by the late 1840s. White, native-born Americans felt threatened by immigrants on nearly every front.
Detailed explanation-3: -The goal of the nativists was to restrict immigration to the United States, particularly that of the Roman Catholic Irish.
Detailed explanation-4: -Modern nativism is most associated with the work of Jerry Fodor (1935–2017), Noam Chomsky (b. 1928), and Steven Pinker (b.