Question

What is nativism? Give an example from the 1920's.

Answer 1

Answer:

The second Ku Klux Klan, which flourished in the U.S. in the 1920s, used strong nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-semitic rhetoric, but the Catholics led a counterattack, such as in Chicago in 1921 where ethnic Irish residents hanged a Klan member in front of 3,000 people.

Answer 2

Passage of laws restricting immigration. A belief that one's native land needs to be protected against immigrants.