Know-Nothing movement
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The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Know Nothing movement | 5 |
| Know Nothing party | 4 |
| Know-Nothing Party | 2 |
| Know Nothing Party | 1 |
| Know Nothing political movement | 1 |
| Know-Nothing movement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Know-Nothing movement Context triple: [Nativism in the United States, associatedWithMovement, Know-Nothing movement]
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Home Rule movement
The Home Rule movement was an early 20th-century Indian political campaign led by figures like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant that demanded self-government within the British Empire and helped lay the groundwork for mass nationalist mobilization.
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Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived mid-19th-century American political party that opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories and helped lay the groundwork for the later Republican Party.
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White movement
The White movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought to overthrow the Soviet regime during the Russian Civil War.
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Reform Party of the United States of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America is a minor centrist political party founded by Ross Perot in the 1990s that has occasionally attracted high-profile figures dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic parties.
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Whig Party
The Whig Party was a major 19th-century American political party that opposed Andrew Jackson’s Democrats and promoted congressional supremacy, economic modernization, and internal improvements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Know-Nothing movement Target entity description: The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.
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A.
Home Rule movement
The Home Rule movement was an early 20th-century Indian political campaign led by figures like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant that demanded self-government within the British Empire and helped lay the groundwork for mass nationalist mobilization.
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B.
Free Soil Party
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived mid-19th-century American political party that opposed the expansion of slavery into western territories and helped lay the groundwork for the later Republican Party.
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C.
White movement
The White movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought to overthrow the Soviet regime during the Russian Civil War.
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D.
Reform Party of the United States of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America is a minor centrist political party founded by Ross Perot in the 1990s that has occasionally attracted high-profile figures dissatisfied with the Republican and Democratic parties.
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E.
Whig Party
The Whig Party was a major British political party from the late 17th to the 19th century that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and commercial interests, and later evolved into the Liberal Party.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nativist movement
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political movement ⓘ political party ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1850s
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
American Party
ⓘ
Know-Nothing movement ⓘ
surface form:
Know-Nothing Party
Order of the Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
allegiance of Catholics to the Pope threatened American republicanism
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immigrants undermined American Protestant values ⓘ need to preserve political power for native-born Protestants ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| emergedFrom |
Order of the Star-Spangled Banner
ⓘ
secret nativist societies ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1850s ⓘ |
| etymology | members claimed to "know nothing" when asked about the organization ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
Protestant nationalist
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anti-elite sentiment ⓘ conspiratorial worldview ⓘ fraternal ⓘ secretive ⓘ xenophobic ⓘ |
| hasIdeology |
anti-Catholicism
ⓘ
anti-immigrant politics ⓘ nativism ⓘ populism ⓘ |
| hasMainOpposition |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
German Catholic immigrants ⓘ Irish Catholic immigrants ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| hasMembershipBase |
artisans and small businessmen
ⓘ
lower-middle-class urban voters ⓘ native-born white Protestants ⓘ |
| hasPosition |
exclusion of foreign-born from public office
ⓘ
extension of naturalization periods ⓘ opposition to Catholic political influence ⓘ restriction of immigration ⓘ |
| influenced |
immigration restriction debates in the United States
ⓘ
later American nativist movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Protestant revivalism
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antebellum nativism ⓘ increased immigration from Germany ⓘ increased immigration from Ireland ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| nominated | Millard Fillmore ⓘ |
| nominatedForOffice | President of the United States ⓘ |
| notableIn |
Maryland politics
ⓘ
Massachusetts state legislature ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts politics
New York politics ⓘ Pennsylvania politics ⓘ Southern United States politics ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1854 United States elections
ⓘ
1856 United States presidential election ⓘ |
| peakTime | mid-1850s ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | right-wing ⓘ |
| reasonForDecline |
internal divisions over slavery
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loss of secrecy and novelty ⓘ rise of the Republican Party ⓘ sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ |
| slogan | Americans must rule America ⓘ |
| startTime | early 1850s ⓘ |
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Subject: Know-Nothing movement Description of subject: The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.
Referenced by (14)
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