Thursday, July 28, 2011

Adrian E. Immigration & Nativism

*** Define the following terms: migrate, migration, immigration.
migrate- to go from one country, region, or place to another.
migration- the process or act of migrating.
immigration- the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there



1. What is nativism?
- the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.

2. What were the two main sources of nativism in the early 19th century?
-Nineteenth-century nativism in the United States contained a strong anti-Catholic strain, since many of the newly arrived immigrants hailed from predominantly Roman Catholic countries.

3. What were the two main groups that resulted from nativism?
-The KKK
-The no nothin party

4. What has been the result of 20th century nativism?
-Workers from other countries immagrated to the west.

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