The Pros And Cons Of Nativism

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Nativism: Dividing or Uniting Us? Nationalism is harmful to society because it uses prejudices to unite the majority of the country against the country’s minorities. One reason I believe this is because there are still groups who want restriction on immigrants of specific countries, religions etc.This quote from"Guarding the Gates Against Undesirables" [excerpt] written by a member of the KKK helps me prove this reason “There is no blinking the fact that certain races do not fuse with us, and have no intention of trying to become Americans.” Another reason I believe this is because Nativism is promoted by fear. Many nativist targeted certain groups in order to justify the problems going on around them at the time. A quote that supports my claim from the page APUSH “The Russian Revolution brought much apprehension to the United States. Citizens were terrified that people in the United States were going to try and overthrow the government and replace it with socialism, communism, or anarchism.”

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But they’re reason isn't logical because If limitation acts have been passed many people must've voted in favor of them. There Nativist view must have been the majority. Especially if led by influential leaders. My claim is proven in a quote from the article "Nativism." by John Hartwell Moore,“This new nativist effort emerged in a period when influential public figures, including such major reform leaders as Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt, embraced racist theories. (Wilson contrasted the “men of the sturdy stocks of the north of Europe” with “the more sordid and hopeless elements which the countries of the south of Europe were disburdenment … men out of the ranks where there was neither skill nor energy nor quick

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