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AP U.S. History Exam 2.21. Which of the following groups would most likely support the idea expressed in the image?
AP U.S. History Exam 2.21. Which of the following groups would most likely support the idea expressed in the image?
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[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Know-Nothing Party
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and their celebration of ignorance.
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Woo-hoo.
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All right, which of the following groups would most likely support
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the idea expressed in the image?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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All right, well, at first glance, this flag looks
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pretty radical, since there weren't many groups
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standing up for Native Americans in the 19th century.
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Unfortunately, the Know-Nothing Party used
- 00:35
"Native Americans" to refer to U.S. Protestants,
- 00:38
not American Indians,
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who needed to be on the look-out for this so-called
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foreign influence.
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Well, could the idea expressed in the image have been supported by A -
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the abolitionist movement?
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Huh. Well, the abolitionist movement was
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fighting for freedom and citizenship for slaves, many of whom
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were not born in the U.S.
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So that frees up our support for A.
- 01:00
Would the idea in the image have been supported by B -
- 01:04
anti-slavery political parties?
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Well, anti-slavery political parties staked their, well,
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political careers on the idea that men brought over in chains
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deserved the same treatment as men who were born free.
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Huh. So they'd have been down to party with the Know-Nothings, either.
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Awesome people.
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Is this image similar to ideas supported by C -
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the Democratic Party?
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Well, actually the Democratic Party was the primary political home for
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Catholic immigrants during this period,
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so they would have not-so-politely declined an invitation
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to these festivities, as well.
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Which means that the sentiments expressed in the image
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would most likely have been supported by D -
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Anti-Catholic political groups.
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Groups like the Know-Nothing Party protested the influence of
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Catholics, as well as immigration, even though their ancestors
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had once been immigrants to the continent, as well.
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See hypocrisy dot com for details.
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So D is the correct answer here.
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The Know-Nothing Party might have been exclusive to a fault,
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but you have to at least give them credit for coming up with the
- 02:07
perfect name.