What political party in the 1840s held nativist beliefs that were prejudiced against immigrants?A Republican PartyB Know-Nothing PartyC Democrat Party

What political party was formed as a backlash against the Irish immigration in the 1840s?the Know Nothing Partythe Whig Partythe Liberty Partythe Republican Party

What were nativist views toward Irish and German immigrants in the 1850's?Group of answer choicesImmigrants were a threat to the Republic by criminal behavior, drinking and rising political powerImmigrants were productive members of society who were civically engagedCatholicism was compatible with democracy and embraced by nativistsImmigrants had similar views to navitists

During the Progressive Era, "nativists" support which ONE of the following? Group of answer choicesImmigration restrictionMore land for Native AmericansA higher income taxProhibition of alcohol

What political party emerged for the first time after the 1854 congressional elections and had a firm commitment to oppose future concessions to Southern slave interests?Group of answer choicesthe Republican PartyNorthern Democratsthe American Partythe Constitutional Union PartyNext

The “blue-collar democracy” of the 1930s included all of the following EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesStrong support from second- and third-generation “new” immigrants in the Northeast and Upper MidwestRealignment of American politics in which the Democratic Party became the national majority partyThe belief held by most industrial workers that the CIO and Democratic Party represented corrupt “special interests”The Americanization of those workers who had previously been political “outsiders”