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| Immigration Wave (1815-1860) |
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| Irish-were the largest group, settled in Northern cities / Germans-2nd largest group, settled in rural Midwest; most avoided the South-did not want to compete with slaves for jobs |
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| Nativist reaction: The Know-Nothing Party |
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| anti-foreign movement by native-born Americans who directed hostility toward Catholic immigrants from Ireland/Germany; tried to keep them from holding office |
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| John L. O'Sullivan named the belief that Americans had a "God-given" right to control the whole continent from sea to sea in order to extend civilization and democracy |
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| "Fifty-four forty or fight" |
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| the Democratic Party slogan stating the willingness to fight Great Britain over the rights to the Oregon territory. Britain accepted President Polk's compromise to divide Oregon at the 49th parallel, avoiding a war |
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