Our government was a weak national government and states operated like independent countries.
Explanation:
The government was operated under the Article of Confederation It was a weak national government until the Constitution changes came along and created or help create a strong national government alone with more rights and freedoms.
This is because the main reason that led to the rise of nativism in the 1920's was the increase of immigrants into the USA. The most feared of these immigrants were the German.
