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  2. Know Nothing - Wikipedia

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    The American Party, known as the Native American Party before 1855 [a] and colloquially referred to as the Know Nothings, or the Know Nothing Party, was an Old Stock nativist political movement in the United States in the 1850s. Members of the movement were required to say "I know nothing" whenever they were asked about its specifics by ...

  3. 1856 American National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The convention closed the Ohio chapter and re-opened it under more moderate leadership. Delegates from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, New England, and other Northern states bolted when a resolution declaring that no candidate that opposed prohibiting slavery north of the 36'30' parallel would be granted the nomination was voted down.

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.

  5. Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859)

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    1854-1855 Know-Nothing Party, mushroom growth and sudden collapse; 1855 – The Farmers' High School, which becomes Penn State University is founded. 1856 – Sack of Lawrence, Kansas; 1856 – Pottawatomie massacre; 1856 – Preston Brooks beats Charles Sumner with his walking stick on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building

  6. Category:Know Nothing - Wikipedia

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    Supporters of the Know Nothing movement believed that an alleged "Romanist" conspiracy to subvert civil and religious liberty in the United States was being hatched by Catholics. Therefore, they sought to politically organize native-born Protestants in defense of their traditional religious and political values.

  7. 1856 Massachusetts gubernatorial election - Wikipedia

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    Incumbent Know-Nothing governor Henry J. Gardner was re-elected to a third term. He benefited greatly from a deal with the state's new Republican Party , which agreed not to field a candidate in exchange for Gardner's support of presidential nominee John C. Frémont .

  8. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the ...

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    [2] The Astonishing Life is set in 18th-century Boston during the time of the American Revolutionary War. A sequel was published two years later, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves (Candlewick, 2008).

  9. I know that I know nothing - Wikipedia

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    I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.