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How did nativists respond to increased immigration from Ireland and Germany?

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They organized to help the victims of the potato famine.

They adopted the religious beliefs of the Catholic immigrant groups.

They pushed for laws to discourage immigration or deny political rights to immigrants.

They pushed for laws to encourage immigration and extend political rights to newcomers.

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They pushed for laws to discourage immigration or deny political rights to immigrants.

(Nativists — e.g., the Know-Nothings — were anti‑Catholic and anti‑immigrant and advocated restrictions on immigration and stricter naturalization laws.)