Mass support for assimilation came from fear of disloyalty, not from reform ideals.

Evidence

The tone was still liberal, and the emphasis still rested on social welfare; but the impulse behind the new interest in Americanization was fear of divided loyalties. The popular support which the movement had never had as a reform, now, with the waning of progressivism, poured out of an apprehensive nationalism. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1458

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fear-driven Americanization drew the most popular support but achieved the least — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1421; Perceiving Muslims as disloyal shifts the policy frame from anti-discrimination to securitization.

Broader Connections

• Fear-driven Americanization drew the most popular support but achieved the least #expands (0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1421
• Perceiving Muslims as disloyal shifts the policy frame from anti-discrimination to securitization. #expands (0.80)