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Know-Nothing Party

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Noun1.Know-Nothing Party - a former political party in the United StatesKnow-Nothing Party - a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
American Party
party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"
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He was ousted from the School Committee when the anti-Catholic Know-Nothing Party swept state and local elections in 1855.
From Abolition to Dickinson, Rev. Higginson made his mark by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Nativism" is another smear term, dating to the early 1850s and the Know-Nothing Party, which sought to halt immigration after millions of Irish flooded in following the famine of 1845.
Bush's black list by Buchanan, Patrick J. / The American Conservative
Polk (1845-1849) * Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) * James Buchanan (1857-1861) Whig Party * William Henry Harrison (1841) * John Tyler (1841-1845) * Zachary Taylor (1849-1850) * Millard Fillmore (185D-1853) Republican Party * Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) (1) Other parties existed during this time span, including the Anti-Federalist Party, the Liberty Party, the Free-Soil Party, and the Know-Nothing Party (also known as the American Party).
Early U.S. parties: critical thinking by Junior Scholastic
 
 
 
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