What contributed to the growth of the Know-Nothing movement in the mid-1850s?
1 Answer
May 14, 2017
Catholic immigration
Explanation:
The Know-Nothing was made of wasps(White anglo-saxon protestants) who contested the fact that anyone else could be American.
In 1850 there was a very high wave of immigration from Ireland(due to the famine), they rejected it vividly because it drove Catholics into the country.