Know Nothing Other name Native American Party American Party First Leader Lewis Charles Levin Founded 1844 (1844) Dissolved 1860 (1860) Preceded by Whig Party Succeeded by Constitutional Union Party Headquarters New York City Secret wing Order of the Star Spangled Banner Ideology American nationalism Anti-Catholicism Populism Nativism Republicanism Religion Protestantism Colors Red White Blue (United States national colors) Politics of United States Political parties Elections
what was the major platform of the know-nothing party
American nationalism Anti-Catholicism Populism Nativism Republicanism