loyalty (APEX)
people were afraid of losing their jobs
Competition for jobs
People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens.
Nativism would affect immigrants because of bias and prejudice. Nativism refers to a bias that inhabitants had toward people that were not Protestant or white.
Irish Catholics were the group that suffered the most from Anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States during the 1800s. As large numbers of Irish immigrants arrived, especially during the Great Famine in the 1840s, they faced intense discrimination and hostility from nativist groups who viewed them as a threat to American values and Protestant dominance. This sentiment often manifested in riots, violence, and the establishment of anti-immigrant organizations like the Know-Nothing Party. The pervasive prejudice against Irish Catholics contributed to their marginalization and social struggles during this period.
Competition for jobs
People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens. Americans also did not understand the new religious customs immigrants brought with them.
Catholic immigrants suffered special prejudice from ignorant people who believed that all Catholics were backward, uneducated, and dirty. They believed that they worshiped statues and idols, that they were not "true Christians".
Prejudice
More than half of the people in most big Americans cities were immigrants or children of immigrants.
Nativism
loyalty (APEX)
They would vote as a group. (Apex Learning)
Immigrants had different food, languages, culture, and traditions.
They helped fuel prejudice against German immigrants.
People thought immigrants were taking jobs away from citizens. Americans also did not understand the new religious customs immigrants brought with them.
religion, culture, and language. Immigrants were often seen as a threat to American values and traditions, leading to discrimination and prejudice.