Question

The "Know Nothing Party" originated in the mid-19th century New York City as a reaction to the growing number of

A) German immigrants.

B) Chinese immigrants.

C) Islamic immigrants.

D) Catholic immigrants.

Answer 1

That would beeee D, Catholic immigrants.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. The "Know Nothing Party" originated in the mid-19th century New York City as a reaction to the growing number of Catholic immigrants.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Know Nothing movement was a predominantly Nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s. It emerged inspired by the fear of Irish-Catholic immigrants, whose number was growing in the main cities of United States, considering them as hostile to American values, thinking that they were controlled by the Pope. It was a movement of short duration, active mainly between 1854-56. It demanded legal immigration reforms but few were accepted. Among its members were few relevant political figures, and its members were mostly middle class and Protestant. Apparently it was absorbed by the Northern Republican Party.