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    The society in the North increased do to immigration between 1800 and 1860. The population in the North started at 5 million and went up to about 31 million do with massive immigration. The immigration affects the economy do to all the jobs open. The economy has big cities from the immigration witch is good for the trade and manufacturing. Water from rivers and streams are used to make water power. Water power was used to run the factories . To the economy going up in the North the harbors and streets

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    Southerner experienced drastic developments in between 1830 and 1860. More than the northerners for sure. Cotton was dominant in every way. It controlled half of the exports of the entire nation. If they could succeed as cotton farmers the southerners brought slaves and slavery with them into the southwestern territories of the United States because they knew they would need them. Southerners did not need big cities for they did not have jobs to offer. The North attracted more immigrants than the

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    Jeannette Beltran SOCI 127 Final Prompt TITLE With the alleged increasing influx of immigrants the intensification of racism and nativism has taken a new shape and seeped into the media‚ as well as local‚ state‚ and federal policy. Particularly‚ the escalation of nativism is concentrated at Latinos‚ and has thus‚ created an issue of illegality. In addition‚ nativism‚ an adverse outlook on foreign individuals‚ has remained molded by dynamics that shift with historical occurrences and has influenced

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    Sample DBQ Period 3 In the years of 1830-1860‚ there were many conflicts on the views of slavery within our country. The North was working to bring an end to slavery with the creation of the routes to free slaves. The South was enthusiastic about the continuation of slavery with the help of the courts. The conflicts were put on hold with many compromises‚ but were dismantled by future legislation leading to bloodshed in America. The North wanted to abolish slavery. With the support of newspapers

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    alternative to starvation‚ death‚ or a life full of hardship and suffering. With thousands from nations spanning the globe‚ America has become a mosaic of people‚ culture‚ and hope. The Regulations and Laws In 1862‚ the first measure restricting immigration enacted by Congress was a law forbidding American vessels to transport Chinese immigrants to the U.S. 20 years later in 1882‚ Congress upped the constraint‚ passing the Chinese Exclusion Act restricting all Chinese immigrants entry into the U.S

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    There were many active American individuals during the period 1830 and 1860. One significant individual was Charles Sumner‚ from Boston‚ Massachusetts. He had different opinions on several issues of the day. Sumner was best known as the guy who was caned in the senate in 1885. Charles Sumner was born in January 6th‚ 1811 and died on March 11th‚ 1874. He was a United States senator from Massachusetts in 1851 to 1874. Sumner played a prominent role in the United States Civil War era. He was a keen

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    Nativism

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    1. Nativism- the belief that the needs and wants of established citizens are more important to listen to than those of recent immigrants 2. There is certainly nativism still in America today- we see it behind many racially based campaigns against immigrants and even other races‚ and it remains a popular belief in areas such as the deep south. This also would seem to be one of the dominating beliefs behind racist groups such as the KKK. 3. Following the potato famine in 1850‚ thousands of

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    war in the 1840s had ended. 1860 and the subsequent years were seen as an important era for the making of this city‚ as the economic growth had several implications on the social and political life as well. Thus‚ this period saw the coming up of several shops owned by business families who had migrated from different regions of India‚ setting up of cotton mills‚ the Native Stock Exchange centre for joint stock/ ventures etc. The economic growth was also linked to the rise of political thoughts and

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    Nativism Pros And Cons

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    Immigration and Nativism Rough Draft by Diana Martinez Claim The best thing that has happened to America since the start of the United States is immigrants coming to America boosting the economy. Support Immigration Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently or temporarily in a foreign country‚ for instance‚ U.S.A. Immigrants come from all over the world the Canadians‚ Chinese‚ Russians‚ Germans‚ Italians‚ Mexicans..‚ etc. Immigrants came to America for many reasons to escape poverty

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    immigrants. This is known as anti-immigration. Anti-immigration is defined as Americans that don’t like immigrants immigrating to the United States. Leaders of the anti-immigration movement have us believing that not an ounce of racism lies behind their efforts. Anti-immigration hate group are the most extreme of the hundreds nativist and vigilante groups. Anti-immigration xenophobia began to rise in the United States since the 1920s. Many group criticize immigration typically confronting or harassing

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