Which best describes the know-nothing party of the mid-1800s?
a. they believed that only immigrants who followed the catholic religion should be allowed to vote.
b. they believed native-born americans were superior to immigrants and should be protected from immigration.
c. they supported immigration from england and ireland, but not from germany or the netherlands.
d. they encouraged the arrival of poor immigrants from europe, who would take the low-skilled jobs that americans did not want.

The correct answer is B. The Know-Nothing Party of the mid-1800s believed native-born Americans were superior to immigrants and should be protected from immigration.

The Know Nothing Party was a predominantly nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s. It was inspired by the fear of Irish Catholic immigrants, whose numbers were growing in the main cities of the United States, considering them hostile to American values, thinking that they were controlled by the Pope.

It was a short-lived movement, active mainly between 1854-56. It demanded legal reforms but few were accepted.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.

wait history, who want to talk about history, boring.