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Getting the Message Out!: Second Party System: The Know Nothing Party

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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.

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anti-immigrant, anti-immigration, reaction to immigration, election of 1856, getting the message out!: second party system: the know nothing party, know nothing, know nothing party, second party system, anti-catholic
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)