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Which of the following statements best represents a nativist attitude toward the influx of immigrants around 1900?

ASlavs and Italians will be assimilated as easily into the American way of life as were earlier immigrant groups.
BEllis Island should be enlarged to accommodate the huge influx of immigrants.
CImmigrants will work for low wages and break strikes, thereby hurting all American workers.
DNative-born Americans should organize to help find jobs and homes for new immigrants so that they can become citizens as quickly as possible.
EPolitical machines in the large cities should be responsible for providing immigrants with food, shelter, and jobs in return for their votes.

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The nativist political perspective is one in which individuals or groups do not support immigration or seek a higher status for groups or peoples who have lived in a place for longer than the new immigrant groups. Therefore, nativists would fear an influx of immigrants and the answer would beĀ (C) Immigrants will work for low wages and break strikes, thereby hurting all American workers.