What the records say
- When
- 1800s
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 39.83° N, 98.58° W
- Description
- mid-19th century political violence in the eastern United States
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Know-Nothing Riots in United States politics
Mid 19th-century nativist riots
The term Know-Nothing Riot refers to a number of political actions by members of the Know Nothing Party in the United States of the mid-19th century. These anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic protests culminated into riots in Philadelphia in 1844; St. Louis in 1854, Cincinnati and Louisville in 1855; Baltimore in 1856; Washington, D.C., and New York City in 1857; and New Orleans in 1858.
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