An “Un-American Invention”?: Catholics and the Issue of Prohibition
...dard and Times, was also a vocal opponent of prohibition calling it an “un-American invention” and stating that “logic…is foreign to the typical advocate of Prohibition.” [5] One major reason for Catholics’ widespread opposition to Prohibition was their belief that it was just a move by Protestants to outlaw Catholicism,
Philadelphia’s First Bishop
...lic sentiment, and concerned about the public duties required of a bishop, American colonial priests declined all offers to establish an episcopate, or to allow a bishop to visit the colonies. The first American diocese was established in Baltimore in 1789, under the leadership of Bishop John Carroll. The boundaries
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...orth Carolina Press, 2013), 2-3. [2] Vinson, J. Chal. "Thomas Nast and the American Political Scene." American Quarterly 9, no. 3 (1957): 338 & 340. [3] Thomas Milton Kemnitz, "The Cartoon as a Historical Source." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 4, no. 1 (1973), 82. [4] Ibid., 92-93. [5] Bill