The Democrat Party
Mainly white anglo-saxons who distrusted both foreigners and Catholics. They started a political party called the "know nothing party".
Immigrants
immigrants
What group supported political machines
They were both Catholics and Protestants and gave a voice to the opressed Catholics. If it were no for them, Catholics would be opressed to this day and there would be no political process.
Recent immigrants relied on political machines for jobs.Urban bosses helped immigrants in criminal cases.Immigrants supported political machines politically
I think some immigrants supported political machines because they could run for office aswell...
I think some immigrants supported political machines because they could run for office aswell...
The forming of the Know-Nothing Party came from the strong anti-immigrant and anti-Roman Catholic sentiment due to the rise of immigrants that was thought to pose a threat to the economic and political security of native-born Protestant Americans.
immigrants
I think some immigrants supported political machines because they could run for office aswell...
Hitler did not persecute Catholics as such - only if they were political opponents, converts from Judaism, etc.