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It was organized to oppose the great wave of immigrants who entered the United States after 1846. Know-Nothings claimed that MORE?
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Bigotry was the driving force behind the Know-Nothing Party—also called the American Party—formed in 1849 to pursue discrimination against immigrants and Roman Catholics.
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The name referred to the secrecy surrounding the group: Members were instructed to say, "I don't know," if asked about the party.
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In 1849 a secret fraternal organization bearing the name of the Order of the Star Spangled Banner was launched in New York and similar lodges began to form in other major American cities.
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The President Obama school speech about being good students scheduled September 8 is generating lots of controversy among conservatives. According to the Huffington Post , the accompanying materials that go along with the President Obama ...
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It was absorbed into the Republican Party and took over its leadership.
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The Know Nothing Party was made up of Nativists who believed that Catholics, Native Americans, Black people and Immigrants were bad for America.(In simplest terms they were bigoted air heads.) And in order for a person to be a member of the...
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1. a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
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This political party was formed as a result of a division in the Whig Party between those who favored national expansion and those who were against slavery. The Know-Nothings, created by the national Whigs, used their opposition to mass imm...
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