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Why did the Know-Nothing Party want to prevent immigrants from voting?

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Because they did not like the immigrants

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They did not like the immigrants because the Know-Nothing party was anti catholic and the immigrants were catholic.

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Members of the Know Nothing Party believed immigrants were undermining American society

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