Which of the following was one of the reasons that catholics faced discrimination from protestants throughout the united states during the 19th century?

a. protestants felt that catholics were too tolerant of african american, jew, and mormons.

b. protestants feared catholics would be loyal to the pope and that foreign influence would control america politics.

c. catholic immigrants were often quite wealthy and protestants felt that they would lose their place in upper-class society.

d. catholics actively pursued legislation to end the separation of church and state and establish catholicism as the national religion.

The answer would be B

Explanation:

Throughout the 19th century, Catholics living in the United States faced a great deal of discrimination from Protestants. This discrimination was based on differences of religious beliefs, but there was also a large amount of anti-immigrant sentiment as millions of Catholics moved to the United States, many of them coming from Ireland and Germany. One of the causes of Protestant discrimination against Catholics was the widespread belief among Protestants that Catholics would be loyal to the pope, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Protestants were especially worried that the pope would influence how Catholics voted in elections and would influence the decisions of politicians who were in public office.

its b wells tried to fight lynching in the south by

a. favoring native born americans over immigrants.