Question

about this text
anne - marie reidy explores the historical and social forces that shaped immigration policy in the united states in the 1920s, using information gathered from the united states department of state, house of representatives, and national park service.
purpose for reading
to learn about the nativist movement in america in the 1920s and how it is reflected in fitzgeralds the great gatsby.
vocabulary
lets pronounce these words together as a class:
homogeneity hoh - muh - juh - nee - i - tee
whole class reading
1 in the 1920s, the united states experienced a surge of what is known as nativism: the political idea that the people who were born in a country, natives, are more important than or must be protected from those who immigrate to the country.
anti - immigrant sentiments before world war i
2 anti - immigrant movements existed in the united states long before the 1920s. nativist groups such as the know - nothing party were active at the time of the first great wave of immigration in the mid - 1800s. the first inspections of immigrants started in 1855 in response to the arrival of large numbers of irish fleeing starvation caused by an agricultural blight and government policies in their homeland. both the poverty of irish immigrants and their roman catholic religion made them undesirable to the largely - protestant american public.
3 americas first targeted restriction on immigration, the chinese exclusion act of 1882, came in reaction to the arrival of chinese immigrants in the mid - 1800s. these immigrants, the majority of whom were men, worked mostly as laborers building the railroads that connected the country, east to west. but an economic downturn in the 1870s increased suspicion and resentment towards foreign - born laborers among the native - born population. the chinese exclusion act of 1882 banned any chinese - born person from becoming a united states citizen, and also suspended all new immigration by chinese workers for ten years, a suspension which would be renewed several times.
after world war i: a change in attitude
4 in 1917, the u.s. congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law. the uncertainty over national security during world war i made it possible for congress to pass this legislation, and it included several important provisions that paved the way for future, more restrictive immigration acts. the 1917 act implemented a literacy test that required immigrants over 16 years old to
in the united states,
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a disease that attacks crops and reduces the amount of food produced
during reading questions
paragraphs 1 - 3
write: what attitudes fueled changes to american immigration laws during the 1800s?

Explanation:

The text discusses historical events related to immigration in the US in the 1800s - 1920s, such as the Know - Nothing Party, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and changes due to World War I. Attitudes like anti - Catholic sentiment towards Irish immigrants, economic fears of native - born workers regarding Chinese immigrants, and national security concerns during the war influenced immigration laws.

Answer:

The attitudes that fueled changes to American immigration laws during the 1800s included anti - Catholic sentiment towards Irish immigrants (due to their Roman Catholic religion and poverty) and economic suspicion and resentment of native - born workers towards Chinese immigrants (especially during an economic downturn in the 1870s).