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Why were some U.S.-born citizens prejudiced against immigrants?
They may have been infested with terrible/unkown diseases.
What do you call a person who favors native born citizens and discriminates against immigrants?
Nativist
Which term refers to a person who favors US born citizens and discriminates against immigrants?
Nativist
Which term refers to a person who favors US-born citizens and discriminates against immigrants?
Nativist
Why do citizens born in the US want to restrict immigration?
They did not want to pay higher taxes to support immigrants
What did the nativists of the 1920s believe in?
Nativists believed there was a need to protect citizens against new immigrants. They believed the foreign born were inferior to native born United States citizens, and that they threatened the American way of life, as well as took away jobs that should go to American citizens.
Who felt that immigrants threatened the future oh of American born citizens?
Nativists
How many immigrant children are born in the us today?
If a child is born in the United States they aren't immigrants, but citizens. So, your answer is none.
How has US citizenship caused Puerto Ricans to be different from other immigrants?
The Puerto Ricans are U.S citizens and not immigrants...they are born within the U.S territory therefore they are U.S citizens...in 1917 there was a law passed called Jones shafroth act that by law the Puerto Ricans are U.S Citizens.
Why did federalists target immigrants in the alien and sedtion act?
Federalists targeted immigrants in the Alien and Sedition Acts primarily because many immigrants tended to support the Democratic-Republican Party, which opposed Federalist policies. By increasing the residency requirement for citizenship and allowing for the deportation of non-citizens deemed dangerous, Federalists aimed to weaken their political opposition. Additionally, the Sedition Act sought to suppress dissent against the government, further consolidating Federalist power and stifling criticism from both immigrants and native-born citizens.
Nativism?
a policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
Why did tensions arise between native-born french citizens and immigrants to France in the 1970s?
Because the economies were weak.
