Question

Which of the following statements best represents a nativist attitude toward the influx of immigrants around 1900?

Answer 1

The nativist political perspective is one in which individuals or groups do not support immigration or seek a higher status for groups or peoples who have lived in a place for longer than the new immigrant groups. Therefore, nativists would fear an influx of immigrants and the answer would be (C) Immigrants will work for low wages and break strikes, thereby hurting all American workers.