S2E14 - As the Whig Party dies and the Republican Party begins forming, a party based on bigotry and xenophobia surges in popularity. Trent and Marissa track the secret societies that end up creating the Know Nothing Party, profile its major players, and analyze the impact the party had on American History. Plus, a best-selling book that turns out to be a hoax, Martin Scorcese’s Gangs of New York, trains taking jobs, voter fraud, and more! 

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Produced and Edited by Trent Thomson and Marissa Macy

Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA5i4AQ7lB8

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25012185?typeAccessWorkflow=login&seq=6

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/immigrants-conspiracies-and-secret-society-launched-american-nativism-180961915/