Question

What role did nativism play in federal policy?(1 point)
Responses

Concern for immigrants' children led to increased public education funding.
Concern for immigrants' children led to increased public education funding.

Concern about living conditions led to construction of public housing.
Concern about living conditions led to construction of public housing.

Concern about conditions in factories led to more rights for immigrant workers.
Concern about conditions in factories led to more rights for immigrant workers.

Concern over cultural differences led to more restrictive immigration laws.

Answer 1

Concern over cultural differences led to more restrictive immigration laws.

Nativist sentiment pushed Congress to pass exclusionary and quota-based immigration laws (e.g., Chinese Exclusion Act, Immigration Act of 1924) to limit arrivals seen as culturally or racially undesirable.