2. in what ways did both nativists and the immigrants themselves contribute to any of these problems?

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As immigration from europe increased in the early 1800s, citizens who had been born in the Untied States began to fell resentment at the new arrivals. People did like them and opposed the immigrants which is known as nativists. 

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