American Whig Party

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:colors gptkb:blue
gptkb:gold
gptkbp:decline 1850s
gptkbp:dissolved 1856
gptkbp:election_result 1840 presidential election
1848 presidential election
1852 presidential election
gptkbp:founded 1833
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:historical_context pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:West
Midwest
Northeast
second major political party in the U. S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Whig Party
gptkbp:key_issues gptkb:social_reform
gptkb:education
gptkb:immigration
gptkb:nationalism
gptkb:communication
banking
economic growth
civil rights
railroads
public education
internal improvements
anti-slavery
moral reform
land policy
temperance
gptkbp:legacy influence on Republican Party
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Anti-Masonic_Party
gptkb:Know_Nothing_Party
gptkb:Free_Soil_Party
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:platform infrastructure development
internal improvements
economic modernization
opposition to the expansion of slavery
protective tariffs
gptkbp:political_ideology Whig ideology
gptkbp:political_position center-right
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:symbol log cabin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Martin_Van_Buren
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3