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

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Severine · Answer 1 · 2017-06-27T18:06:29+0000

The Know-Nothing party wanted to prevent German and Irish Catholic immigrants from voting because they believed it would lead to the country being led by the Pope, and not by the people with republican values.

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