Which of the following is not a reason why europeans immigrated to the united states during the latter half of the nineteenth century?
terrible religious persecution was happening.
nativist groups began to encourage immigration.
people wanted freedom from rules and regulation.
gold was discovered in the state of california

For the options available, the one that is not a reason why Europeans immigrated to the United States during the latter half of the nineteenth century is the second one which is Nativist groups began to encourage immigration. Currently nativist is commonly refer to anti-immigrant people.

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