HIST 264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Alien And Sedition Acts, Enemy Alien, Know Nothing
6 Jul 2017
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Nationalism: a positive, prideful feeling of community new identity of american-ness inclusive as a community, didn"t privilege one ethnic group before another proud of themselves. John quincy adams says it was from a spirit of liberty and equality, no man is above another based on the "accidents of their birth" Three strands of nativism: catholic fearing catholic allegiance to the pope. Pope-controlled nation? stigma: no opinion of their own, all was pope"s even voting for legislature based on pope"s wants and needs. America is largely protestant other religious nativisms existed, but largely on the catholics (largest minority: anti-radical against political radicals french fugitives escaping revolution. Xenophobia: fear of the stranger, fear of the "other" scienti c racism fear manifested in terms of hate, discrimination against the classes (upper class vs. lower) against the di erent religion or ethnicity. Naturalization act of 1790: rst act to limit naturalization (process of becoming american) narrowed the requirement to "whites of good standing"
