Curated OER
History Matters: Protestant Paranoia
Site contains text concerning the APA and the Secret Oath taken to belong to the Association and explains why the group was formed.
University of Washington
Seattle Civil Rights Project: Ku Klux Klan in Washington State, 1920s
Find extensive essays, photographs, articles from newspapers, and documents that trace the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington State in the 1920s. Be sure to look through this entile site to see the anti-African American,...
History Link
History Link: Anti Catholic American Protective Assc. Takes Control
An article about the American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic political organization, taking over the Seattle School Board.
Northern Illinois University
National Campaign Materials 1840 1840: Political Culture: Nativism
This site has an article about pre-Civil War nativism as it was fueled by anti-immigrant groups and anti-Catholicism.
Northern Illinois University
Getting the Message Out!: Second Party System: The Know Nothing Party
Explains what the Know Nothing party represented. They emerged in reaction to massive immigration between 1845 and 1855, and to the growing political influence of Roman Catholics.