"Of all the American political parties in the 19th century, perhaps none generated more controversy than the Know-Nothing Party, or the Know-Nothings. Officially known as the American Party, it actually emerged from secret societies opposed to immigrants coming to America.
Its shadowy beginnings, and popular nickname, led to it going down in history as something of a joke."
"Yet in their own time, the Know-Nothings made their presence known, and no one was laughing."
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Have they come back from the dead? I suspect they were never dead, except in the head. They seem to exemplify the Republican Party as we now know it. Knowing nothing is political sophistication in this time we live in. How sad!
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