History of the United States II / Unit 4 USH2 0467 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nativism
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The idea
Some native-born Americans saw the new immigrants as a threat to the country's moral fibre and formed the American Protective Association to curb immigration.
In practice
The association lobbying Congress for a literacy test for immigrants, finally passed in nineteen seventeen.
Where people slip
Its lobbying, the anchor says, laid groundwork for the quota laws unit nine teaches.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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