The American Party, known as the Native American Party before 1855 [a] and colloquially referred to as the Know Nothing or the Know Nothing Party, was an Old Stock nativist political movement in the …

Know-Nothing party, U.S. political party that flourished in the 1850s and was an outgrowth of the strong anti-immigrant and especially anti-Roman Catholic sentiment that started to manifest itself during the …

Jan 26, 2017 · At its height in the 1850s, the Know Nothing party, originally called the American Party, included more than 100 elected congressmen, eight governors, a controlling share of half-a-dozen...

Jul 9, 2025 · Officially working under the banner of the American Party, the Know-Nothings got their nickname from a membership-wide refusal to answer questions about the organization’s secret …

In Baltimore, nativist gangs like the Blood Tubs and Plug Uglies made sure that voters cast their ballots for the Know-Nothings—or else. The party quickly came to dominate state legislatures in New …

The American Party, commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party, was a political organization that emerged in the 1850s, primarily advocating for nativist policies and opposition to immigration, …

The Know Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1850s. It grew up as a popular reaction to fears that major cities were being overwhelmed by Irish Catholic immigrants …