Anti-Catholicism in the United States
Subject in History
Anti-Catholicism in the United States has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Dominic SandbrookBritish historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History
Sandbrook argues Klan anti-Catholic rhetoric about invading immigrants remains recognisable in twenty-first-century politics.
“As old as the English settlements and very recognizable in the 21st century, no?”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 52:44
Sandbrook says Catholics were a far more plausible target than Jews because of their numbers and visible political influence.
“There are more than 18 million Catholics in America in the early 20s. And they're much more obviously influential than Jewish Americans are”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 49:37
Podcasts
- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
Episodes
656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)The Rest Is History · Mar 29, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the 1915 rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan as a mass fraternal, marketing-driven, anti-Catholic movement.