2. how did nativists respond to increased immigration from ireland and germany?
a they adopted the religious beliefs of the catholic immigrant groups.
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b
they pushed for laws to discourage immigration or deny political rights
to immigrants.
they organized to the victims of the potato famine.
od
they pushed for laws to encourage immigration and extend political
rights to newcomers.

They pushed for laws to discourage immigration or deny political rights to immigrants.

Explanation:

In history, Nativism was a political string that exalted the interests and the rights of the national population over its migrants. It was mainly tied with the embodiment of measures to dominate immigration flows, specially of Chinese immigrants.

The navists employed missions to boycott German and Irish goods, because they did not want to contribute the econimic infrastructure and enlargement of the immigrants.

there are a number of different ideologies that come into conflict with regard to immigrants and immigration to the us.

“i think it is very plausible that if there are five votes to end the death penalty, it could be with the people who are on the court right now,” - smith

so basically it is not clearly and consistently imposed