American Party
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American Party
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American Party
Know Nothings
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Know-Nothing Party
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American Republican Party
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Native American Party
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One of the most famous incidents of anti-Catholic sentiment expression occurred August 11, 1834; non-Catholic rioters looted and burned the Ursuline Convent of Mount Benedict in Charlestown, MA. Anti-Catholic violence also erupted in Philadelphia when 13 people were killed in riots in 1835. Activities by the American Nativist Party in Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1844 also sparked anti-Catholic riots. In the 1850s, the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, was partly founded on an anti-Catholic platform.
The American Party rose to popularity in the mid 1800s due to their anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic political platform.
The American, or Know Nothing Party, was a political party active in the 19th century.
Founded in New York in 1849 as a secret patriotic society opposed to Roman Catholics and the foreign-born. Also called the Know-Nothing Party. Expanded rapidly after 1852; lost support after the presidential election of 1856.
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