The American Party favored by the <u>nativist</u>s was also called by people as "The Know-Nothing Party." It started as a <em>secret society </em>in the <em>1850s</em> and propelled as<u> a movement against the Catholics (especially in the North) and immigration.</u>
People who belong to the group (especially the Protestants) were fearful that the Catholic priests would take control of the voters. So, when members were asked about their party's information (since little was known about them), they would reply "I Know Nothing."
This party didn't last that long because the leaders were deemed incapable and they also had varying opinions about issues on slavery.
Members of the Second Continental Congress sent the Olive branch Petition because they wanted to reaffirm the colonist's allegiance to the king rather than the Parliament.
The failure of Soviet agricultural policy under Khrushchev and Brezhnev was demonstrated by "<span>b. the need to import grain from the United States and other nations," since this showed that the government could not accurately predict supply and demand. </span>
