Read the paragraph.
As immigration to the United States grew, so too did a backlash against immigrants. The backlash
known as nativism. This is the belief that White Protestants were superior to US immigrants. Many
immigrants, especially those from Ireland, practiced Catholicism. Nativism was based in fear and H
grew from a long-standing prejudice against Catholics, a fear of immigrants with different cultures
resentment toward business hiring cheaper immigrant labor. Nativism led to new political parties a
immigrant laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Furan Act.