The nativists think that the immigrant will take over their job when they com into the country.
Because there was amazing amount of Immigration during the 1800's, many people ( including nativists ) experienced lower wages and had difficulty find jobs and homes. Nativists were already against people who are "different" and the consequences that followed because of the increased immigration made them hate immigrants more. Hope this helped!:D:)!
Chinese immigration refers to the movement of Chinese people (eg. people from China and Hong Kong) to another country. For example, there are many Chinese immigrants in British Columbia.
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1882, Federal legislation that prohibited most further Chinese immigration to the United States. This was the first major legal restriction on immigration in U.S. history.
One of the immigration laws from that time period is somehting to do with the Chinese. In 1882 Congress passed an Exclusion Act that banned Chinese from immigrating to the U.S. The Chinese Exclusion Act also made it immpossible for Chinese immigrants to become U.S. citizens.
Immigration is establishing residence in a new country after leaving another location (which is emigration). Example : "Immigration to the United States included many Chinese during the late 19th century."
Rapid Irish immigration effected America's cities culturally; bringing catholic settlements (upsetting many protestants/Nativists), It's economy; bringing more cheap labor for the metal industries, textile, and railroad building; and forcing It's schools to "adapt" to the new Irish students.
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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.
in !871. Chinese, or Asian immigration started about 15,000 years ago and occurred in waves ever since. Many came in the 1800's to work in Canada as the pay was great and for many it was a chance to leave a crowded land for an open and freer land.
The Chinese primarily came to Australia because of the goldrushes. The Australian goldrush started in the 1850s, and it was then that large numbers of Chinese began immigrating to Australia, to Melbourne and Sydney first, then out to the goldfields. In many gold boom towns, once the gold ran out, the Chinese who did not return to their homeland went into business in the local towns.