Nativists objected primarily to Irish Roman Catholics because of their loyalty to the Pope and also because of their supposed rejection of republicanism as an American ideal.
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the creation of the State Department were the major changes in traditional United States foreign policy that enabled America to fight the Cold War.
To mobilize the growing mass of voters in the means of political control.
In the United States, the Senate power of advice and consent does not apply to "executive order," since this power refers to the fact that the Senate may approve presidential appointments, such as those of a federal judge.