Ribbon, "Young Native American Republicans"
notes: label: Description
content: In the 1840s, a movement calling itself Native American Republicans emerged from discontented young, native-born, white Protestants who opposed immigration of Irish Catholics to America. Anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia in 1844 left dozens dead and a number of churches burnt. As a political movement, these young men demanded a 21 year waiting period for immigrants before voting – arguing that native-born young men had to wait that long, at a time when the voting age was 21. The movement marked a period of profound hostility towards immigrants, especially Catholics, in an increasingly diverse nation.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.079
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.079
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/32 in x 3 3/32 in; 25.4508 cm x 7.8232 cm