to something different. Naivasts could not understand this. These changes in society were blamed on the foreigners. This is seem in document 2. It was an excerpt from “Our Country” by Rev. Josiah Strong. Nativasts held a strong resentment for the changes being made in religion and other social habits, such as drinking. The crime rate was changing and the easiest one to blame were the immigrants. They were a disease that polluted our civilization’s standards. Immigrants tended to flock among one another in large numbers. They had their own religious beliefs, and were hated them for this. Religion is not something that should be held against one for having. As it gains popularity, others see it as their strength and our own weakness. This is what angered so many Nativists. As for liquor, Americans were always known for their huge drinking habits. However no one made it an issue of concern until the immigrants began to move to America and continued their personal drinking habitsIn a desperate attempt to control the changes being made in America, immigrants were encouraged to forget their old country language and adapt the English language as their own. In document 3, an advertisement is shown that is supposed to encourage immigrants to learn English. The advertiser gently assures that if immigrants learn English, their lives will be much better off. However, they don’t do this out of concern but to try to keep the country from change. The ad threatens the immigrants that if they don’t learn English that our country will become what they fled in the first place. Americans did this because they did not want outsiders to be running our country. Nativasts feared that immigrants would dominate them and the country. Most of the Nation was showing more and more aggression towards the immigrants. In document 4, an excerpt from the popular book ”The passing of the Great Race” by Madison Grant, clearly sh...
