Question

what attempts did nativist groups make to decrease immigrantion to the United States in the late 1800s

Answer 1

Some attempts that nativist groups made in order to decrease immigration to the United States in the late 1800s were:


•The founding of The American Protective Association (wanted to stop Catholic Immigration)


•The founding of The Workingman's Party of California (fighting against Chinese immigration)


•A new federal law that banned convicts, paupers, and the mentally disabled to enter The United States


•A fifty cent tax on every new immigrant