Why was nativism so strong in the years 1900 to 1930 approximately?

Why Was Nativism So Strong in The Years 1900 To 1930 Approximately?
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Nativism is a situation whereby the nation of a given country carries out activities with the aim of benefiting the citizens more as compared to the immigrants. In the years 1900 to 1930, Canada was experiencing a huge influx of refugees, and therefore, the government had to do something to prevent the population from increasing further as this could have resulted to a scarcity of resources. The immigrants were fleeing from war in their countries while others were seeking good employment and education opportunities. Therefore, this increase in population resulted in various changes by the Canadian government to ensure that the natives of the nation did not suffer the scarcity of resources. By the end of the year 1920, Canada was celebrating a lot of technological changes which had eased their ways of doing business. Such technology created classes whereby those in the in the cities were obliged to get used to the various cultural changes while those in the villages had to maintain their traditional ways of living. The prosperous Canadians had a reason to celebrate due to the new era of consumption and leisure. On the other hand, the villagers expressed a huge disagreement on the meaning of a good life and therefore, they rejected the social changes through the use of biblical religious values. They also expressed their fears about cultural equality and diversity that was being brought in Canada by the immigrants. Most of the immigrants settled in the cities. Therefore, nativism in Canada increased as a result of the need to reduce the number of immigrants coming into the country, the rejection of the new cultures and religion brought by the immigrants, and the elimination of radical politics.[Avery, Donald. Reluctant host: Canada's response to immigrant workers, 1896-1994. McClelland & Stewart, 1995.]
The huge number of immigrants was a threat to the Canadians due to the erosion of resources. For instance, when the British first came to Canada in the year 1900, they found plenty of fertile lands which they used to carry out agricultural activities. The business was doing well, and this led to more British migrating into Canada to take advantage of the fertile lands. This move did not make the Canadians happy, and therefore, it resulted in a rule of deporting the immigrants back to the countries from which they had come from. As a result, the deportation played a substantial role in managing the labor supply because the natives were not getting enough job opportunities in the firms since they were reserved for the fellow immigrants. It also helped in maintaining social order because the immigrants were facing a lot of discrimination from the native Canadian. Often, such discrimination could result in fights and hence disrupting the peace of the nation. In addition, following the industrial revolution, the Canadian government started to have concerned about the industries' demand for cheap immigrant labor. This denied the eligible Canadians the opportunity to explore their talents and skills in the workplaces because they barely got the jobs. The immigration department was also reluctant about the issuing of permanent work permits, but this did not bother the immigrants because they could offer cheap labor and get employed in the industries. The immigrants could stay for long in Canada without visiting their native countries and, to some extent, get the citizenship of Canada. However, nativism was expressed in a situation whereby the immigrants were deported back in their countries if they had misbehaved. In the case of Canadians, misbehaving was solved in the courts. Therefore, the Canadian justice system preferred a reduction in the number of immigrants by offering not to handle their cases. Once an immigrant had been deported back to their home country, it was difficult for them to come back to Canada. The immigration department was keen on keeping records of all the immigrants entering Canada. The deportation took place on a legal basis.[Avery, Donald. Reluctant host: Canada's response to immigrant workers, 1896-1994. McClelland & Stewart, 1995.]
As well, the backlashing on the immigrants was another factor that contributed to the increased levels of nativist during the year 1900 to 1930. The native Canadians believed that the immigrants were introducing cultural and religious practices that contradicted their ways of life. The natives did not want the growing generation to be brainwashed by the new practices because this could result in the erosion of the Canadian culture. This is best explained by the Ku Klux Klan which was a group of white extremists that argued that the immigrants brought an unfavorable practice to the Canadians. The movement began in the United States of America whereby during its signing into law, president Coolidge pointed out that America needed to be kept America, and was spread to other parts of the world, Canada included. For instance, the group grew in the year 1924 whereby they advocated for the ban on Jews and Catholics by arguing that their religious believes did not fit in the ways of living of the Canadians. In addition, their acts were heightened by the backlashing that the immigrants were facing in their daily life. As well, such groups heightened the rate at which the native Canadians discriminated the immigrants. This sends a message to the immigrant's countries hence reducing the number of immigrants that had planned to come to Canada out of the fear of being treated as their countrymen. However inhuman these decision looks, they were made out of the best interest of the Canadians because they had a culture to maintain and limited resources to share. Given a situation whereby restrictions had not been made in regard to the number of immigrants that would come to Canada, then probably, Canada could be the most populated country in the world, characterized by poverty due to limited resources. Therefore, the move to ban immigrants from entering Canada from 1900 to 1930 was an attempt to guard the future of Canada and ensure that their country remained sustainable. In other words, some scholars believe that the backlashing and the discrimination was done in good faith and for the well-being of the Canadians. As well, the Orange Order was responsible for politically defeating the Irish Catholics that had already begun spreading their doctrines to the Canadians. This is an indication that the Canadians preferred to their protestant religions to the other religions. Hence, nativism was the only way to help them maintain their religious culture. Otherwise, allowing the Catholics and Jews to teach their religious ways in Canada could have led to the brainwashing of the young generation. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the rate of immigration into Canada increased at a rate that had never been witnessed before. Most of the immigrants were from the southern and eastern Europe. As a result, the English-speaking and the native-born Canadians from Europe sparked a lot of excitement that led to the desire to adapt to the new cultures. Among such cultures was the new languages, religions, and customs. However, these changes were not only positively welcomed by the native Canadians but also led to some level of racial animosity. Such racial animosity was defined by stereotypes and heightened levels of discrimination among the native Canadians. Therefore, this contributed ...