ows how American nativasts were angry at the social changes being made at this time. Nativasts felt as though the decline of social purity was to blame upon the immigrants. They stained our clean land. Immigrants were human garbage that failed to even get recognition in their old country, and then they come here to spread their disease. This is what the nativasts believed. Jails were full, because immigrants were violent animals. Insane asylums were full because, immigrants were not as capable of equal mentality. Almshouses, were full of immigrants because they were lazy, leaching people who wouldn’t get jobs. This may sound harsh, but this is how nativasts felt. Immigrants were seem and treated like breathing debris that could stepped on without a second thought. However when so many people set so many obstacles against you, it I hard to overcome them and become successful. Immigrants were part of the changes in society, that is true, but they did not cause the change. Civilizations evolve and most people just could not come to terms with that unless they had something to blame. ...
