Catholic parochial-funding demands triggered Protestant backlash that tightened church-state separation

Evidence

In contrast to the Know- Nothing movement, the much milder agitation of the seventies was due primarily to Catholic demands for state aid. … But Protestants soon counterattacked, with the result that separation of church and state actually increased. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 171

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Catholic parochial schools grew rapidly from 1880 to 1920, fueling Protestant tensions — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 298

Broader Connections

• Catholic parochial schools grew rapidly from 1880 to 1920, fueling Protestant tensions #corroborates (0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 298