Nativism in the United States

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anti-immigrant movement political ideology social ideology xenophobia

Nativism in the United States is a political and social ideology characterized by hostility toward immigrants and the privileging of native-born Americans, often expressed through restrictive immigration policies and cultural prejudice.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
America First movement	1
Americanization campaigns	1
Chinese Exclusion Era	1
Islamophobia in the United States	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-immigrant movement ⓘ political ideology ⓘ social ideology ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	Nativism in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: America First movement American Party ⓘ Know-Nothing movement ⓘ Ku Klux Klan ⓘ surface form: Ku Klux Klan (1920s) restrictionist immigration lobby ⓘ
associatedWithPolicy	Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 ⓘ Emergency Quota Act of 1921 ⓘ Immigration Act of 1917 ⓘ Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ Immigration Act of 1924 ⓘ surface form: National Origins quota system Operation Wetback ⓘ heightened border enforcement ⓘ local anti-sanctuary city ordinances ⓘ travel bans targeting predominantly Muslim countries ⓘ
criticizedFor	racism ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ undermining democratic pluralism ⓘ violations of human rights ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic	association of immigrants with crime or disorder ⓘ association of immigrants with economic competition ⓘ association of immigrants with radical politics ⓘ concern about cultural assimilation ⓘ cultural prejudice against foreigners ⓘ ethnocentrism ⓘ fear of demographic change ⓘ hostility toward immigrants ⓘ privileging native-born Americans ⓘ support for restrictive immigration policies ⓘ
influencedBy	Protestant cultural dominance ⓘ economic downturns ⓘ racial hierarchy in the United States ⓘ terrorism fears ⓘ wars and international conflicts ⓘ
opposesConcept	birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ open immigration ⓘ
relatedConcept	Nativism in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Islamophobia in the United States anti-Catholicism in the United States ⓘ anti-Semitism in the United States ⓘ populism in the United States ⓘ white nationalism in the United States ⓘ
studiedInField	U.S. history ⓘ ethnic studies ⓘ political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ
supportsConcept	English-only policies ⓘ assimilation to dominant American culture ⓘ border wall construction ⓘ
targetsGroup	Central American immigrants ⓘ Chinese immigrants ⓘ German immigrants ⓘ Irish immigrants ⓘ Italian immigrants ⓘ Jewish immigrants ⓘ Mexican immigrants ⓘ Muslim immigrants ⓘ
wasSignificantInPeriod	1920s ⓘ 19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ early 21st century ⓘ post-9/11 era ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nativism in the United States → associatedWithMovement → Nativism in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: America First movement

United States home front during World War I → hasPart → Nativism in the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Americanization campaigns

Irish American → historicalDiscrimination → Nativism in the United States ⓘ

Nativism in the United States → relatedConcept → Nativism in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamophobia in the United States

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 → timePeriod → Nativism in the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Exclusion Era