What was the main agenda of the nativists?
1. To limit immigration to only English-speaking Foreigners
2. To keep illiterate people from immigrating to the United States
3. To exclude Chinese laborers from immigrating in order to save US jobs
4. To restrict immigration in order to preserve America for white, native-born Protestants
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4. To restrict immigration in order to preserve America for white, native-born Protestants was the main agenda of the nativists during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. They feared that the influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world would dilute the cultural and ethnic purity of the nation, and sought to preserve the dominance of the white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant majority. This led to the passage of restrictive immigration laws such as the Immigration Act of 1924, which greatly limited the number of immigrants who could come to the United States.
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