Anti-Catholic sentiment took political form in the emergence of the _________. One of its primary goals was to keep Catholics and immigrants from being allowed to hold political office; fervently anti-immigrant, its members believed that America should be a Protestant country, and feared that Catholics were hostile to U.S. values and would be more loyal to the Pope than to the United States.

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The Know-Nothing Party, also known as the American Party, was formed in the 1850s and was strongly anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant. They sought to limit the ability of Catholics and immigrants to participate in politics and believed that the United States should be a Protestant nation. They gained significant political power in a number of states, but their influence declined after the Civil War.

Anti-Catholic Sentiment Took Political Form in the Emergence of the _________