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What were two reasons some Americans opposed immigration in the Gilded Age?
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1) Economic anxiety — many native-born workers blamed immigrants for taking jobs, driving down wages, and increasing competition for scarce work and public relief.
2) Nativism and cultural/political fear — immigrants’ different languages, religions (especially Catholic and Jewish), and unfamiliar customs were seen as a threat to “American” culture and institutions; some also feared imported radical ideas (anarchism/socialism).
These attitudes produced restrictions like the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and pressure for literacy tests and other limits.
2) Nativism and cultural/political fear — immigrants’ different languages, religions (especially Catholic and Jewish), and unfamiliar customs were seen as a threat to “American” culture and institutions; some also feared imported radical ideas (anarchism/socialism).
These attitudes produced restrictions like the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and pressure for literacy tests and other limits.
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