JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Know-Nothing Party
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Whig Party
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Republican Party
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Democratic Party
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Detailed explanation-1: -Republican Party (Northern U.S.) Supporters of the Know Nothing movement believed that an alleged “Romanist” conspiracy by Catholics to subvert civil and religious liberty in the United States was being hatched.
Detailed explanation-2: -These people feared competition for jobs from immigrants coming to the United States. Critics of this party named it the Know-Nothing Party because it was a secret organization. Its members would not reveal the party’s doctrines to non-members.
Detailed explanation-3: -The best known of these nativist groups came to be called the American Party, and its adherents as Know-Nothings. The aim of the Know-Nothing movement was to combat foreign influences and to uphold and promote traditional American ways.