PRESENTATION OUTLINE
New immigrants
CAME FROM SOUTHERN EASTERN EUROPE. decided to leave their homes amd immigrate to the united states to flee crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes,
Who
IMMIGRANTS AND THE PEOPLE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES
What
POLICY OF PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF NATIVE INHABITS AGAINST THOSE OF IMMIGRANTS . Nativists believed they were the true “Native” Americans, despite their being descended from immigrants themselves.
Why
FELT IMMIGRANTS WERE TAKING THEIR JOBS. IT WAS BASED ON FEARS THAT IMMIGRANTS WILL DISTORT OR SPOIL EXISTING CULTURAL VALUES
Who
UNITED STATES AS WELL AS IN CONTENTIAL EUROPE
IMPACT
- spawned a powerful political movement called the knowing nothing party, which made anti immigration central to its politics agenda
- immigration restriction laws were passed
- let to the formation of the immigration restriction league in 1893