The main nativist association collapsed financially and organizationally in the Civil War
Evidence
About the same time, a little band of dispirited men came together in New York City for the last recorded meeting of the Grand Executive Committee of the Order of United Americans. The largest of the nonpolitical nativistic associations, the O.U.A. had spread through sixteen states in the early 1850’s, trumpeting a message of hatred and fear of immigrants and Catholics. Now a demoralized remnant could no longer pay its bills or secure a quorum at consolidated meetings. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 76
Categorization
- XREF: Direct evidence for reader’s question: what happens to exclusionary solidarity when its organizing grievance recedes — wartime union dissolved the anti-immigrant movement. — connects to: Civil War nationalism displaced nativism by supplying shared enmity and economic bonds. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 86; Civil War enlistment crushed prewar anti-immigrant nativism — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 77; War against a common external enemy dissolved organized nativism by uniting rival groups — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 80 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Civil War nationalism displaced nativism by supplying shared enmity and economic bonds.
#corroborates(0.95) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 86 - Civil War enlistment crushed prewar anti-immigrant nativism
#corroborates(0.90) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 77 - War against a common external enemy dissolved organized nativism by uniting rival groups
#expands(0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 80 - A common enemy war dissolved organized anti-immigrant nativism.
#corroborates(0.85) — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 79