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    Who were the nativistsUSA 1800s

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      Nativism in America


      As immigration from Europe increased in the early 1800s, citizens who had been born in the United States began to feel resentment at the new arrivals. Those opposed to immigrants became known as nativists.


      Learn more here :http://history1800s.about.com/od/immigration/a/knownothing01.htm


       

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