Most of the American soldiers had not been paid in months and many of the promised pensions never came.
The American revoluntionary war was fought by a lot of paid militias who were being paid a good salary.
Once the war was coming to a close, these soldiers were not paid on time and many of the injured and veterans never got the pension funds they were promised.
Eventually, this was creating unease among the soldiers. There were even talks of a coup d'etat against the United States Congress. The event is also known as the Newburgh Conspiracy.
George Washington personally stepped in to ensure that the young democracy was derailed. He gave an emotional speech on the importance of the congress and eventually reached a settlement where paid some of the unsettled salaries and instead of offering half-pay pensions, settled on paying full salary for 5 years.
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1. The Catholic Church represented tyranny and potential subjugation to a foreign power and most of the immigrants were Catholics by faith while the natives were mostly protestants.
2. Competition for jobs increased as new laborers arrived.
4. Fears that foreigners were gaining undue political influence because of the efforts of unscrupulous politicians to woo them and “steal” elections
4. Irish and Germans are immoral drunkards and often blamed them for social ills, such as rising crime and poverty rates
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Nativism, in general, refers to a policy or belief that protects or favors the interest of the native population of a country over the interests of immigrants.
The United States has long conceived of itself as a haven for immigrants, a place welcoming of any person, no matter their origin, to begin a new life as an American. Flying in the face of this ideal, an ugly strain of nativism has run throughout American history as evidenced by virulent anti-immigrant movements that reared up in the 1790s, 1870s, and 1920s.
The judicial doctrine that places a heavy burden of proof on the government when it seeks to regulate or restrict speech is called strict scrutiny
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The answer is B.............