<P> Nativist outbursts occurred in the Northeast from the 1830s to the 1850s , primarily in response to a surge of Irish Catholic immigration . In 1836 , Samuel Morse ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York City on a Nativist ticket , receiving 1,496 votes . In New York City , an Order of United Americans was founded as a nativist fraternity , following the Philadelphia Nativist Riots of the preceding spring and summer , in December , 1844 . </P>
<P> Nativist outbursts occurred in the Northeast from the 1830s to the 1850s , primarily in response to a surge of Irish Catholic immigration . In 1836 , Samuel Morse ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of New York City on a Nativist ticket , receiving 1,496 votes . In New York City , an Order of United Americans was founded as a nativist fraternity , following the Philadelphia Nativist Riots of the preceding spring and summer , in December , 1844 . </P>
what led to the rise of nativism in the mid 1800s
what led to the rise of nativism in the mid 1800s
a surge of Irish Catholic immigration
a surge of Irish Catholic immigration