tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post4561947882183447920..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: Photos of the Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, in Saint Louis, MissouriMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-21541981072496694442007-09-03T00:37:00.000-05:002007-09-03T00:37:00.000-05:00The "Know-Nothings" was a secretive, nativist, ant...The "Know-Nothings" was a secretive, nativist, anti-Catholic organization, mainly made up of middle-class Protestants, which was prominent before the Civil War. They were primarily against the flood of Irish Catholics fleeing the Potato Famine of the 1840s.<BR/><BR/>The Know-Nothings later broke up because of deep divisions within the party over slavery.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-50878765869080471112007-09-02T22:51:00.000-05:002007-09-02T22:51:00.000-05:00Thanks so much Mark. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?...Thanks so much Mark. Who were the "Know-Nothings"?<BR/><BR/>- BryanBryan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269970389157868131noreply@blogger.com