The text authors claim that “nativism . . . took many forms” and the “

The text authors claim that “nativism . . . took many forms” and the “immigrants became a convenient scapegoat for the nation’s myriad ills.” List at least three kinds of nativism and describe the anti-immigrant argument presented by

What will be an ideal response?

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Racial: Measured by physical and mental characteristics and by ethnic customs, “new” immigrants are clearly inferior to native Americans and virtually inassimilable. Religious: So many Catholics and Jews are a threat to America’s Protestant traditions and to its democratic and republican form of government. Political: “New” immigrants bring with them radical ideologies of socialism, communism, and anarchism that threaten the order and peace of America. Economic: “New” immigrants will work at anything for low wages. They threaten to depress wages for everyone.