The Know Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s. It was empowered by popular fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, who were often regarded as hostile to Anglo-Saxon Protestant values and controlled by the Pope in Rome
The know-nothing party had huge mistrust of migrants
The Know-Nothing Party became successful for a brief period because of its views on immigration and citizenship. The Know-Nothing Party was successful and existed for about 3 years.
Opposition to immigration to America caused the american party also called the know-nothing party to rise.
James Barker
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The Know-Nothing party was an extremely anti-immigration political party. They came about as a response to the influx of immigrants from Ireland during the irish potato famine in 1845.
it was a political party to keep power out of th hands of the roman catholics and immagrents
The Free-Soil Party
The American Party, nicknamed "The Know-Nothing Party"
James Barker formed the American or the "Know-Nothing" party in the 1850's. They didn't want foreigners to become citizens or be able to hold office.
American Party in the mid-19th century. It was a political party that supported nativism and opposed immigration, particularly from Catholic countries. The party's members were sworn to secrecy, claiming to "know nothing" when asked about their organization.
They didn't, exactly. The Whig Party evolved from the National Republican Party (a splinter of the Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans established around 1824), then split into the Free Soil and Know-Nothing Parties in the 1840s. The new Republican Party was established around 1854, and consisted largely of former Whig, Free Soil and Know-Nothing Party members.
who were the founders of the Know Nothing Party