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2. Section 1 Nativism Resurges Economic concerns and religious and ethnic prejudices led some Americans to push for laws restricting immigration.

3. Section 1 Eventually, the wave of immigration led to increased feelings of nativism on the part of many Americans.nativism Nativists opposed immigration for many reasons: Nativism Resurges (cont.) −fear that the influx of Catholics would swamp the mostly Protestant United States −Labor unions argued that immigrants undermined American workers because they would work for low wages and accept jobs as strikebreakers.

4. Section 1 Increased feelings of nativism led to the founding of anti-immigrant organizations such as the American Protective Association. Enacted in 1882, a new federal law banned convicts, paupers, and the mentally disabled from immigrating to the U.S. Nativism Resurges (cont.)

5. Section 1 In the West, Denis Kearney organized the Workingman’s Party of California in the 1870s to fight Chinese immigration. Nativism Resurges (cont.) −In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. −The law was not repealed until 1943.

6. Section 1 On October 11, 1906, the San Francisco Board of Education ordered all Asian children to attend a racially segregated school. Nativism Resurges (cont.) −Japan took great offense at the treatment of its people. −In response, Theodore Roosevelt proposed a deal known as the “Gentleman’s Agreement”—he would limit Japanese immigration if the school board would end segregation.

7. Section 1 Although Presidents Taft and Wilson both vetoed legislation to require literacy from immigrants, the legislation eventually passed in 1917. Nativism Resurges (cont.)

8. A.A B.B C.C D.D Section 1 The American Protective Association vowed not to hire or vote for which type of immigrant? A.German B.Asian C.Irish D.Polish

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