Examiner's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-Nothing) Party
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Description: Image of handwritten ritual for swearing in a new member. Also some background information on the party.
Examiner's questions for admittance to the American (or Know-Nothing) Party, July 1854. Anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic movements in American political life had their inception in the 1840s, due to the arrival of large numbers of Irish immigrants at that time and the increasing role being played by the Catholic Church in education and other areas of public life. 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. Sworn to secrecy, the Know-Nothings derived their name from their standard reply to questions about their rituals and mysteries--"I know nothing about it." The movement had considerable success in the 1850s, electing governors in Massachusetts and Delaware, and placing Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) on a presidential ticket in 1856. Thereafter the party went into a swift decline.
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