Know-Nothing Movement

The Know-Nothing movement was an anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic movement in the 1850s led by nativist politicians who were commonly known as Know-Nothings. Drawing widespread support from native-born Protestant Americans, the Know-Nothings achieved substantial electoral ...

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