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There were many terms and names given to americans during the 1800's and 1900's, many based off of the large amounts of immigrants here. For example a melting pot is the mixing of cultures and traditions that caused a change in american society, the united states is now known as the melting pot of the world though because it so many immigrants from different countries. But america realized that to many immigrants were coming to america so they created acts like the Chinese exclusion act, which denied any Chinese labor workers from coming to the U.S. Not only did the government learn that there were to many immigrants, the Americans them selves didn't enjoy the company of many of the immigrants. Many Americans considered themselves a part of nativism, the idea the people born in the us were greater than those who immigrated here (even if the people born in america came from immigrant families). LINKS "Immigration in america." ello. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2015.  .