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Anti-immigrant sentiment gained sharp expression with the formation of the American Protective Association (1887), designed to combat what members perceived as the threat of Catholicism.
1883-90 2001
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The principles of the American Protective Association deserve the support of American citizens.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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During the last years of Archbishop Heiss's wise and peaceful administration, the ecclesiastical horizon was somewhat darkened by the plot of the American Protective Association, a new phase of defunct Know-nothingism (q.v.).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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I have had sent me a little leaflet, purporting to be the principles of the American Protective Association, which you doubtless have seen.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865
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And of course, they'd both remember the American Protective Association, "Guy Fawkes Days"
Latest Articles 2010
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And of course, they'd both remember the American Protective Association, "Guy Fawkes Days"
Latest Articles Celledoor.com 2010
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And of course, they'd both remember the American Protective Association, "Guy Fawkes Days"
Latest Articles 2010
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And of course, they'd both remember the American Protective Association, "Guy Fawkes Days"
Latest Articles 2010
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And of course, they'd both remember the American Protective Association, "Guy Fawkes Days"
Latest Articles Celledoor.com 2010
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And of course, they'd both remember the American Protective Association, "Guy Fawkes Days"
Latest Articles Celledoor.com 2010
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