Nativism
Nativism
• a policy of favoring native-born
inhabitants over immigrants
• the policy of protecting the interests
of native inhabitants against those
of immigrants
Critical Attributes
• Examples that
show the
attributes of the
concept (positive
example) and
examples that
show few or none
of the attributes
• e.g patriotism is
this a + or –
example of
nativism?
• POSITIVE
• NEGATIVE
Are the following scenarios positive or
negative examples of nativism?
1.
2.
3.
11th grade parents
request that their
children are taught
U.S. History by
American born Eulau
rather than immigrant
Adams.
The American
President must be
born in the U.S.
Immigrants allowed
to join the U.S.
military before they
are citizens.
4. American citizens
face discrimination
because of their
race.
5.The celebration of
Chinese New Year,
St. Patrick's Day &
Cinco de Mayo are
banned, but not July
4th.
6. The belief that the
crime rate is higher
in immigrant areas
Nativism scenarios cont.
• Think of your own positive and
negative scenarios of nativism.
Palmer Raids 1918-1921
The Palmer Raids 1918-1921
• Anti-communist crusades
• A. Mitchell Palmer was the Attorney
General
• 70,000 self professed communists in the
U.S. in 1919
• Mitchell began a series of raids against
communist organizations & political
radicals
• They concentrated on resident aliens
rather than citizens, res. aliens had
fewer rights
Palmer Raids cont:
• In one raid 249
res. aliens were
deported to the
Soviet Union
• Are the Palmer
Raids an example
of Nativism
why/why not?
KKK in the 1920s
Rise of the KKK
•
•
The white men were roused
by a mere instinct of selfpreservation … until at last
there had sprung into
existence a great Ku Klux
Klan, a veritable empire of
the South, to protect the
Southern country.
A History of the American
People (1901), by Woodrow
Wilson describing the Klan
as a brotherhood of
politically disenfranchised
white men. Quoted in The
Birth of a Nation
Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s
• Fought to maintain the dominance of a
white Protestant culture
• Anti black, Catholic , Jewish &
immigrant
• Preached racism and used violent fear
tactics
• Operated openly in the 1920s with a
membership of 4 million
• Glorified by the movie “Birth of a Nation”
• Is the KKK an example of Nativism
why/why not?
Marcus Garvey & UNIA
• “…our success
educationally,
industrially and
politically is based
upon the protection
of a nation founded
by ourselves. And
the nation can be
nowhere else but in
Africa.”
UNIA Newspaper
Marcus Garvey & UNIA
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ga
rvey_marcus.shtml
• Jamaican born Marcus Garvey was the founder
of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement
Assoc.)
• Best known for “back-to-Africa” movement,
encouraging people of African ancestry to
return to their homeland (Africa) & for Europe
to abandon their colonies
• Educational & Industrial Programs were
developed in Liberia, but opposed by European
nations
• Is Marcus Garvey an example of nativism,
why/why not?