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know-nothing

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know-noth·ing (nnthng)
n.
1. A totally ignorant person; an ignoramus.
2. An anti-intellectual.
3. An agnostic.
4. Know-Nothing A member of a political party in the United States during the 1850s that was antagonistic toward recent immigrants and Roman Catholics.
know-nothing·ism n.
know-nothing
n
Informal, disparaging an ignorant person
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YET again a know-nothing, Steve Cohen, has found it necessary to comment on Hillsborough.
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In 1854, the Know-Nothings rode a cunning platform of anti-Catholic nativism and progressive reforms to the largest electoral landslide in Bay State history.
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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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