Know-Nothings - Musharof Chy
Knownothingism
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia on the 1850s anti-immigrant movement.
I Know Nothing!
Article on the Know-Nothings, some of their prominent members, and their fear that the Vatican plan...
The Legacy of the Know-Nothings
For teens. Although this political party didn't last for even ten years, its story can show somethi...
The Cloven Foot
Although the Know-Nothings may seem at first glance to be entirely novel, this article seeks out th...
A Know-Nothing Legislature
At a distance of four decades, George H. Haynes looks back on the Massachusetts state legislature o...
Know-Nothingism
Lengthy critical article on the allure of the Know-Nothings. Searchable page images. [The United St...
Know-Nothing People
An explanation for older kids of why some Americans in the nineteenth century started the Know-Noth...
Examiner's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-Nothing) Party
Image of handwritten ritual for swearing in a new member. Also some background information on the p...
Tricks of the Enemy!
Broadside posted in 1854 in Washington, D.C., to combat the rumor that Archbishop Hughes (of New Yo...
Wikipedia: Know-Nothing
Encyclopedia-style article on this nativist movement. Includes the platform of the American Party.
A Voice to America
1855 book by Thomas Bangs Thorpe is an apologia for the American Party. Searchable page images.
Wide-Awake! Romanism: Its Aims and Tendencies
1854 booklet by Know-Nothing L.W. Granger urges Americans to preserve the Protestant character of t...