Early American Immigration Images
Ugly Stereotypes
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
In the eyes of famous cartoonist Thomas Nast, Blacks and Irish are equal, and equally stereotyped.
Anti-Chinese Agitator
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Denis Kearney, leader of the California Workingmen's Party.
Know-Nothing Patriotism
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
A Know-Nothing flag from the 1850s. "Native American" in this context doesn't mean "Indian" but rather "native-born white citizen."
Nativist Politics
![](https://media1.shmoop.com/media/common/off-site01.gif)
Ex-President Millard Fillmore runs for president on the Know-Nothing ticket in 1856. Note the slogan at bottom: "I know nothing but my Country, my whole Country, and nothing but my Country."