1 Sept 1849 Jahr - Know Nothing Party

Beschreibung:

The Order of the Star Spangled Banner (OSSB) was an oath-bound secret society in New York City. It was created in 1849 by Charles B. Allen to protest the rise of Irish, Catholic, and German immigration into the United States.
– Also known as American Party


• Restrictions on immigration
• Exclusion of foreign-born from public office
• Twenty-one years of residency for naturalization
•Anti-Catholic (when needed)
• Schism in 1856 over slavery

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