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According to nativists, how did new immigrants "hurt" Americans?
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A. They drove up costs.
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B. They spread "evil" ways.
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C. They took away jobs.
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D. All of the above are correct.

Answer 1

Thus nativism has become a general term for opposition to immigration based on fears that immigrants will "distort or spoil" existing cultural values. In situations where immigrants greatly outnumber the original inhabitants, nativist movements seek to prevent cultural change.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is D) all of the above.

According to nativists, new immigrants "hurt" Americans in the following way: they drove up costs, they spread "evil" ways, and they took away jobs.

This was a time in the United States where people rejected immigrants and all the things they represented. Nativism was a belief ingrained in many Americans that made them protect the American culture, tradition, and history from the culture that immigrants brought with them. Large waves of European immigrants entered the United States in the 1800s. This made American people believe that immigrants were the reason for all bad things, "evil" ways, overcrowding spaces in the cities and the belief that immigrants took the jobs deserved by the US citizens.