Word: 1850s
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...next wave of anti-immigrant feeling targeted Irish and German Catholics. In 1844 anti-immigrant rioters in Philadelphia burned two Catholic churches. By the mid-1850s, an anti-immigrant political movement, the Know-Nothings (so-called because their organization was secret), seemed poised for national success. Abraham Lincoln disdained them: "How can any one who abhors the oppression of Negroes be in favor of degrading classes of white people?" The onset of the Civil War threw the Know-Nothings into the shade; the U.S. had enough homegrown trouble without worrying about immigrants...
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and nine U.S. appeals court judges presided over a reconsideration of Dred Scott v. Sandford at Harvard Law School Saturday, determining that Scott would likely have had to remain a slave under 1850s law, but that the most significant parts of the Court’s opinion were completely erroneous...
...neccesary to use an illustration straight out of the Know-Nothingism of 1850s propaganda? I recognize that many priests have not honored their vows, and they are the ones who make the news. On the other hand, there are thousands who tend the sick, educate the poor and give of themselves to make people like me proud to be a member of the Catholic faith. This nation has accomplished a great deal in building tolerance among people of all religions, races and ethnicities. Let's not destroy those accomplishments with the use of offensive images...
...Last Mughal may be set a century and a half ago, but it revolves around a contemporary theme: the clash of civilizations. The spirit of evangelical Christianity had begun to infect the Englishmen in India in the 1850s. Many believed that they had been granted the Empire in order to convert Hindus and Muslims to the "true faith." On the other side, a growing number of India's Muslims were turning to a more orthodox form of Islam and dreaming of declaring jihad against the British. In May 1857, thousands of sepoys (Indian soldiers) serving in the British army mutinied...
...Federal Hill - center of the city's large Italian community - is one of America's best, if least known, Little Italys; try one of the many raviolis - plump with lobster, spinach, basil - at Venda Ravioli on Atwells Avenue, vendaravioli.com. For more innovative fare, head to the Mills Tavern, an 1850s mill turned bistro on North Main Street. Sit at the bar to get bartender Ashlyn's advice and cocktails, and don't miss the side orders: the better-than-your-mom's macaroni and cheese, and the onions, laced with Roquefort and grilled until brown and sweet. The best restaurant...