Question

Faced with an increase in immigration during the first half of the 1800s, some Americans adopted a policy that favored people born in the United States. What was this policy called? exclusion nativism racism persecution

Answer 1

B

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Answer 2

Nativism

Step-by-step explanation:

Nativists feared the large influxes of immigrants to the US in the 1800s, fearing they would take their jobs or hurt the economy.

They favored native people that were born in the US, opposed to immigrants from European countries like Ireland or Germany.

Their policies favoring natives and discriminating immigrants were called nativism.