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Oh Okay Pushers is the third of three on Lincoln's

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speech of being a know nothing thie except provides evidence

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for which of the following trends in American history during

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the nineteenth century No well During the nineteenth century waves

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of immigrants particularly from Europe and China poured into the

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United States looking for jobs and a better life The

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new lands acquired in the West and the Gold Rush

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both encouraged this Immigration and Americans everywhere were in the

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process of defining their national identity A current of nativism

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spread in American society that favored the national population and

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repudiated immigrants free blacks and slaves and Indians Yeah Irish

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and German Catholics and Chinese immigrants were particularly impacted by

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this current of nativist sentiment In many instances citizens committed

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violent acts against immigrant communities anyway Answer Here is C

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a current of nativism Well the American Party had a

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special aversion Toe Irish and German immigrants because they were

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Catholic according to the No Nothing's being Catholic was contrary

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to the Puritan and Protestant principles upon which the United

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States was founded The native ist current however included an

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aversion to freed blacks and slaves I'll get rid of

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B note that most of the American population the time

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considered black people savage and inferior a current of rights

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movement for black people and women was taking place during

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the nineteenth century But that's not what Lincoln's focused on

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So get rid of Thea's Well that's it The answer 00:01:33.64 --> [endTime] is C a current of native ism

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