Nativism Unit 1 Flashcard review

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Which statement BEST expresses a common belief among nativists in the late 1800s and early 1900s? Options: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses", "All immigrants strengthen America", "America is for Americans"

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"America is for Americans"

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What was one reason nativists worried about an increase of immigrants in the 1880s?

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They considered immigrants from southern and eastern Europe a threat to traditional American cultural values.

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What would most nativists of the late 1800s most likely have supported? Options: continuation of the contract labor system, creating a settlement of houses to aid new immigrants, passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

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passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act

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In the late 19th century, the ideas of Social Darwinism were used primarily to...

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explain the differences in income between the rich and the poor

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What was the method used to restrict immigration in 1921 by only accepting a certain percentage of people immigrating to the US from a particular country based ultimately on the 1910 census?

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the quota system