Know-nothing n. : A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.

Example:
if souls and stuff exist, why do people who have been brought back from the dead, know nothing?

Taxonomy
the American, American Party, Know Nothing, Democrats, the party, the Know Nothings, slavery, immigration, Catholics, Know Nothings, Know-Nothing, Whigs, Know-Nothing party, parties, The Rise, American Nativism, elections, 1850s.

Defination from the web:
Know Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1840s and 1850s. ... In New York, in a four-way race, the Know-Nothing candidate ran third with 26%. After the fall 1854 elections, they claimed to have exerted ...