Know Nothing

Leonard Harris History 1302 Professor McGregor Class-Friday 9 a.m 11 November 1 Developing America As most may agree, America is a nation that welcomes and is occupied by many immigrants. Since Americas developmental stages, immigrants have tackled sorts of obstacles to become American citizens/reside in the Americas. Many seek voyage to the America in order to gain freedom from governmental rule of their country, while others may simply seek to acquire their idea of the American. While

different countries because the nativists were anti-foreign and anti-Catholic. These people were trying to form a distinction and limitation on who was an American citizen with rights. In the 1850s, the Know-Nothing Party emerged as a reaction to the migration of European immigrants. The Know-Nothing Party was a secret organization amongst members but slowly became known to the public as another political party. This political party resolved to limit foreigners and Catholics from participating in politics

Prior to the Antebellum Period, the United States began to expand its influence to the Midwest. Although there were conflicts regarding the state of slavery, the expansion of land helped the people of America attain cheaper and larger plots of land out west. Due to the fact that more land was available within the United States, immigrants had the desire to emigrate to America and establish new ways of life. Since both the Irish and the Germans brought their own ideologies with them, conflicts arose

The experiences of the immigration groups in the 19th century can be divided into three concepts. First, Anglo-conformity, "traditional and most rigid approach to diversity in which immigrants had to adopt the values of the white Protestant majority. Second, Melting pot, “represented natives in assuming that the united states would soon sew every race, color, religion, language, and nationality group into a new whole” (Olson and Beal, The Ethnic Dimension, p.2), and lastly, The Natural Rights Theory

political power, rather than irrational prejudice and scapegoating, was the main factor behind the development of the most prominent American nativist organization of the 19th century, the Know-Nothing party; the 1855 Bloody Monday riot in Louisville, Kentucky serves as a case study of the politics of the Know-Nothing Party and represents the ideologies of the

which is the favoring of native-born Americans over immigrants. Through the use of secret handshakes and passwords, the members were told to answer questions about their activities by saying “I know nothing.” After the Nativists formed the American Party in 1854, it shortly became known as the Know-Nothing Party. Because they were primarily middle-class Protestants, nativists were dismayed not only at the total number of new immigrants but also at the number of Catholics among them. They believed

The Plight of Immigrants to Boston Since its conception in the early 1600's, Boston, the so-called 'City on a Hill,' has opened its doors to all people of all ethnic and religious background. At times there were many who fought to prevent the immigrants, while other people, at the same time, helped those who made it to the Americas, more specifically, Boston to make a new life for themselves. The immigrants from Ireland were not unfamiliar with this trend in American history. More often than

The Know-Nothing Party, also known as the American Party, was a secret party that was very well known and came from middle class and working class backgrounds. I was a political group from the United States between the years of 1840’s to the early 1850’s. This group was an anti-immigration group that also opposed followers of the Catholic church. Some of the members believed that the Catholics had intentions of taking over the United States. The intent of the group was to keep Catholics and immigrants

The Know Nothing movement In the late 1840’s there was unrest in the major metropolitan cities in the United States. The principal reason was immigration on the East coast in cities from Boston to New Orleans. There was an unprecedented influx of mainly Irish and later Italians immigrants. Most of these migrants were Catholic and were a despised minority of most of the Protestants in those areas. Like many other cities, Philadelphia had its fair share of incidents involving the immigrants and the

The privately organized American (Know-Nothing) movement, appeared in the Northeast on the 1840’s, and strived to preserve past ideals and the rights of the people against the danger caused by Catholics and immigrants (Cole, n.d). As the the time passed and after plenty of achievements in the 1850’s the Know-Nothings lost their ideals, fell victim to party politics, and shortly disappeared from the place, but not until they had assisted with developing a up to date political party system. Removing