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Which political party focused on nativism in the 1850s?

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The Know Nothings were a nativist political party and movement in the United States in the mid-1850s. The party was officially known as the "Native American Party" prior to 1855 and thereafter, it was simply known as the "American Party". Republican Party (Northern U.S.)

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