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The United States was founded, populated and developed by people who were not originally from America. How did anti-immigration sentiment arise from a literal nation of immigrants? How did the idea of America as a melting pot of different cultures develop in spite anti-immigrant sentiment?

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Many American sports teams take their names from words for Native Americans, with varying degrees of appropriateness (Braves, Chiefs, Redskins). How did this become a common phenomenon?

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The United States was founded, populated and developed by people who were not originally from America. How did anti-immigration sentiment arise from a literal nation of immigrants? How did the idea of America as a melting pot of different cultures develop in spite anti-immigrant sentiment?	10888
Many American sports teams take their names from words for Native Americans, with varying degrees of appropriateness (Braves, Chiefs, Redskins). How did this become a common phenomenon?	14