Nativism is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to
claims of newcomers or immigrants.
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based on their beliefs, which legislation would have been supported by nativists of the late 1800s?
a)
the dawes act of 1887
b)
the chinese exclusion act of 1882
the southern homestead act of 1866
d)
the sherman anti-trust act of 1890

The correct response is Option B: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

Explanation:

The economic situation in China was in decline after the Opium Wars and this lead to emigration from the country on a large scale to different parts of the world. One destination was particularly the West Coast of the United States where they came to participate in the gold rush. They were discriminated against by the white miners and had to pay a foreign miner tax.  The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant anti-immigrant legislation but it led to other exclusions of migrants from Japan and people from the Middle East and India in 1924.  The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 effectively stopped all Chinese migration to the United States until it was repealed. Chinese immigrants ineligible for citizenship until 1943 with the Magnuson Act. After the passage of another law in 1907, if an American-born woman of Chinese decent (or any ethnic background) married a Chinese immigrant she would lose her citizenship.