Denis Kearney

(noun)

Leader of the California Workingman's Party, known for his racist and nativist views on Chinese immigrants.

Related Terms

  • Workingmen's Party of California

Examples of Denis Kearney in the following topics:

  • The Sand-Lot Incident

    • The Sandlot refers to an outdoor gathering place near San Francisco City Hall where Denis Kearney often spoke out against Chinese laborers.
    • The Workingmen's Party of California was an American labor organization led by Denis Kearney in the 1870s.
    • Kearney was born in Oakmount, County Cork , Ireland and immigrated to the United States .
    • Kearney began his working life as an ally of employers.
    • Kearney sought the Vice Presidential nomination, although Butler never offered it to him.
  • The Nativist Response to Immigration

    • With the post Civil War economy in decline by the 1870s, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by labor leader Denis Kearney and his Workingmen's Party as well as by California Governor John Bigler, both of whom blamed Chinese "coolies" for depressed wage levels.
    • The riot was inspired by Denis Kearney, who founded the Workingmen's Party of California.
    • The parents, the pastors and the church have entered into a conspiracy to darken the understanding of the children, who are denied by cupidity and bigotry the privilege of even the free schools of the state."
  • Chinese Exclusion and Chinese Rights

    • With the post Civil War economy in decline by the 1870's, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by labor leader Denis Kearney and his Workingman's Party as well as by California Governor John Bigler , both of whom blamed Chinese " coolies " for depressed wage levels.
  • Finance

    • Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was denied any powers of taxation: it could only request money from the states.
    • Congress had also been denied the power to regulate either foreign trade or interstate commerce and, as a result, all of the states maintained control over their own trade policies.
  • Financial Chaos and Paper Money

    • Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was denied any powers of taxation and could only request money from the state legislatures.
    • Congress had also been denied the power to regulate either foreign trade or interstate commerce and, as a result, all of the states maintained control over their own trade policies.
  • The Articles of Confederation

    • Congress was denied any powers of taxation; it could only request money from the states.
    • Congress was also denied the power to regulate either foreign trade or interstate commerce.
  • The Glorious Revolution

    • Catholics were denied the right to vote and sit in the Westminster Parliament for over a century; they were also denied commissions in the army, and the monarch was forbidden to be Catholic or to marry a Catholic, a prohibition that continues today.
  • Pursuing Both War and Peace

    • In 1775, the Colonies proposed the Olive Branch Petition to reconcile with Britain and avert war, but King George III denied the petition.
  • Freedom of Expression and its Limits

    • A 1646 Massachusetts law, for example, punished persons who denied the immortality of the soul.
    • In 1612, the governor of Virginia sentenced to death a person that denied the Trinity under Virginia's Laws Divine, Moral and Martial, which also outlawed blasphemy, speaking badly of ministers and royalty, and "disgraceful words."
  • Slave Families

    • Slave codes and slaveholder practices often denied slaves autonomy over their familial relationships.
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