Know-Nothing movement

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The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.

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instanceOf nativist movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeIn 1850s ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Party ⓘ
Know-Nothing Party ⓘ
Order of the Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
coreBelief allegiance of Catholics to the Pope threatened American republicanism ⓘ
immigrants undermined American Protestant values ⓘ
need to preserve political power for native-born Protestants ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
emergedFrom Order of the Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
secret nativist societies ⓘ
endTime late 1850s ⓘ
etymology members claimed to "know nothing" when asked about the organization ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Protestant nationalist ⓘ
anti-elite sentiment ⓘ
conspiratorial worldview ⓘ
fraternal ⓘ
secretive ⓘ
xenophobic ⓘ
hasIdeology anti-Catholicism ⓘ
anti-immigrant politics ⓘ
nativism ⓘ
populism ⓘ
hasMainOpposition Democratic Party ⓘ
German Catholic immigrants ⓘ
Irish Catholic immigrants ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasMembershipBase artisans and small businessmen ⓘ
lower-middle-class urban voters ⓘ
native-born white Protestants ⓘ
hasPosition exclusion of foreign-born from public office ⓘ
extension of naturalization periods ⓘ
opposition to Catholic political influence ⓘ
restriction of immigration ⓘ
influenced immigration restriction debates in the United States ⓘ
later American nativist movements ⓘ
influencedBy Protestant revivalism ⓘ
antebellum nativism ⓘ
increased immigration from Germany ⓘ
increased immigration from Ireland ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
nominated Millard Fillmore ⓘ
nominatedForOffice President of the United States ⓘ
notableIn Maryland politics ⓘ
Massachusetts politics ⓘ
New York politics ⓘ
Pennsylvania politics ⓘ
Southern United States politics ⓘ
participatedIn 1854 United States elections ⓘ
1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
peakTime mid-1850s ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
reasonForDecline internal divisions over slavery ⓘ
loss of secrecy and novelty ⓘ
rise of the Republican Party ⓘ
sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ
slogan Americans must rule America ⓘ
startTime early 1850s ⓘ

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Know-Nothing movement → alsoKnownAs → Know-Nothing Party ⓘ
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American Party → alsoKnownAs → Know-Nothing Party ⓘ
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Henry Winter Davis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing party ⓘ
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John Marshall Harlan → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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Schuyler Colfax → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing Party ⓘ
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Millard Fillmore → laterAffiliation → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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Order of the Star-Spangled Banner → movement → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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Order of the Star-Spangled Banner → partOf → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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Order of the Star-Spangled Banner → coreOf → Know Nothing political movement ⓘ
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Andrew Jackson Donelson → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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Anson Burlingame → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing party ⓘ
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Nathaniel P. Banks → partyAffiliation → Know Nothing party ⓘ
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Henry Winter Davis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing party ⓘ
subject linked to: Nancy Morris
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John J. Crittenden → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing party ⓘ
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William Poole → memberOf → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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William Poole → politicalParty → Know Nothing Party ⓘ
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William Poole → politicalAlignment → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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Levi Boone → movement → Know Nothing movement ⓘ
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William Henry Bissell → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know Nothing party ⓘ
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