ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Know Nothing party was a nativist political party and movement in the United States in the mid-1850s. The party was officially known as the “Native American Party” prior to 1855 and thereafter, it was simply known as the “American Party".

Detailed explanation-2: -The party received its unusual name from the fact that when members were asked about the organization, they were supposed to reply “I know nothing.” By the mid 1850s, the Know-Nothings had grown in popularity and adopted their official name, the American Party.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Free Soil Party formed during the 1848 presidential election, which took place in the aftermath of the Mexican–American War and debates over the extension of slavery into the Mexican Cession.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term Know-Nothing Riot has been used to refer to a number of political uprisings of the Nativist American Know Nothing Party in the United States of America during the mid-19th century. These anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic protests culminated into riots in Philadelphia in 1844, St.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Know-Nothing party created their conspiracy theory along traditional lines and by appealing to three basic concepts that were strong in the American mind at that time: secrecy, patriotism, and Protestantism.