Both the nativists of the early 1900s and the "Know-Nothings" of the 1840s and 1850s __________
A. Hoped Catholics and Protestants could find common ground in American society

B. Wanted to restrict port of entry for US immigrants to Ellis island and angel island.

C. Believed immigrants from certain places of origin could not absorb American values.

D. Thought only wealthy people or skilled workers should be allowed into the United States

Respuesta :

C. Believed immigrants from certain places of origin could not absorb American values.

The nativists of the early 1900s and the "Know-Nothings" of the 1840s and 1850 both belived immigrants could not absorb American values.

So, Option C is correct.

The Know-Nothing Party was founded with the goal of keeping Catholics and immigrants out of politics. Its adherents also wanted to deny these people jobs in the private sector, claiming that true Americans needed to be employed by the nation's company owners.

The other Options are incorrect as,

  • Option A is incorrect as, The Catholic Church, according to Catholics, is the first and first Christian church. Protestants believe in Jesus Christ's teachings as recorded in the Old and New Testaments. Protestants think that the Catholic Church arose from the original Christian Church, but that it has now become corrupted.

  • Option B is incorrect as, Many European immigrants to the United States entered the country through Ellis Island, a New York immigration facility, by the early 1900s. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants, largely from Asia, entered the United States through another immigration facility, Angel Island, on the West Coast.

  • Option D is incorrect as, No, this was not true they did not belived anything like this.

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