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Natives disliked the new immigrants because they (took jobs from white Americans).
Natives disliked the new immigrants because they (took jobs from white Americans).
The post-1880 newcomers who came to America are called the 'New Immigrants'. The immigrants came from the eastern and southern Europe.
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The nativists in the late 1800s viewed the new wave of immigrants with a little resentment.
Natives disliked the new immigrants because they (took jobs from white Americans).
Nativists are people whom do not like and usually discriminate against immigrants. Therefore, they feel as if immigrants will not be able to truely assimilate into the new culture that they have arrived in, and will cause problems for society because of this.
Fake sciences claimed that whites were smarter and more capable than other races.
Natives disliked the new immigrants because they (took jobs from white Americans).
they were going through poverty, there was long working hours with little pay, they had to deal with nativists, and steerage.
Immigrants were considered second-class citizens for their poverty. Irish, German and Chinese immigrants were treated harshly and many were denied work. They were looked down upon because of their culture. Although America boasted being a "land of the free", poor immigrants had little employment opportunities.
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.
changes to the immigrant culture.
They drove up costs, spread "evil" ways and took away their jobs.
Nativists held this belief around the turn of the 19th century. Around the beginning of the 20th century, immigrants started to come to America from Eastern Europe as they attempted to flee the tyranny and conflict that would eventually become World War I. Americans did not always like all these new people coming into the country, and nativists believed that they were tainting America and could never truly be part of it.
Nativists held this belief around the turn of the 19th century. Around the beginning of the 20th century, immigrants started to come to America from Eastern Europe as they attempted to flee the tyranny and conflict that would eventually become World War I. Americans did not always like all these new people coming into the country, and nativists believed that they were tainting America and could never truly be part of it.