What was NOT a commonly held belief among the American Nativists?
A Nativists wanted equal rights for immigrants
B Nativists feared immigrants could drive down wages because
many of them might work for less
C Nativists believed white Americans were superior to immigrants
D
Nativists supported laws that favored Native-born Americans
over immigrants

Nativism is the political policy of promoting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants,[1] including the support of immigration-restriction measures.[2]

In scholarly studies, nativism is a standard technical term, although those who hold this political view do not typically accept the label. Oezguer Dindar wrote, "[N]ativists [...] do not consider themselves [to be] nativists. For them it is a negative term and they rather consider themselves as 'Patriots'.[3]

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.