Question

What attracted voters to the know-nothing party?

a. its call for immediate emancipation of all slaves
b. its move to annex cuba for the expansion of american slavery
c. its denunciation of roman catholic immigrants
d. its opposition to the dred scott decision
e. its desire to dissolve the missouri compromise?

Answer 1

(C) would be the most correct answer. The Know-Nothings were a nativist movement that sprung up in response to Roman-Catholic sentiment in the 1850s, and was regarded as one of the most anti-Catholic parties of the period. The party ran on a platform of nativist sentiment that denounced immigration to the US by Catholics from western and central Europe.

Answer 2

The correct answer is c. its denunciation of roman catholic immigrants

They believed that because the Catholic church still has a large impact on the management of countries in Europe, that they could eventually gain political power in the United States and that the Pope could thus influence United States policies.