In late nineteenth-century debates on American immigration, many scholars and government officials privileged immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe, such as Italians and Greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with primitive ways. This is an example of:

ethnocentrism.

Explanation:

In late nineteenth-century debates on American immigration, many scholars and government officials privileged immigrants from northern Europe over those from southern Europe, such as Italians and Greeks, because the officials felt these southern people were a separate and inferior biological race with primitive ways. This is an example of . ethnocentricism

Ethnocentrism is the believe that ones culture is superior to every other culture and judging other cultures as inferior to yours. Though ethnocentrism can enhance solidarity in a society, allows an individual to promote a positive image of his/her culture, its disadvantage is that it views other cultures as bad and reduces integration of people of other cultures.

the population grew a lot and was making more money