Know Nothing movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Know_Nothings
gptkb:Baltimore_Convention_1854
gptkbp:active_years 1850s
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:American_Party
gptkbp:election_year loss of influence
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Second_Party_System
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Know Nothing movement
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Community_Center
gptkbp:key_event gptkb:Rise_of_the_Republican_Party
Opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Influence on public policy
Public demonstrations
Political rallies
Influence on labor movements
Influence on public opinion
Influence on state politics
Impact on community relations
Influence on local elections
Influence on national politics
Influence on historical narratives
Impact on American culture
Influence on educational policies
Impact on American identity
Impact on immigration policy
Formation of local chapters
Decline in the 1860s
Impact on civil rights
Formation of political alliances
Formation of secret societies
Impact on social movements
Formation of advocacy groups
Impact on religious freedoms
Influence on the Democratic Party
1854 elections
Decline of membership
Formation of anti-Catholic organizations
Formation of anti-immigrant coalitions
Formation of anti-immigrant laws
Formation of local political clubs
Formation of the American Party
Formation of the Know-Nothing Party
Impact on future political movements
National Convention of 1855
Opposition to foreign influence
Participation in the 1856 presidential election
Split with the Whig Party
gptkbp:legacy influence on later nativist movements
gptkbp:movement Prohibition movement
Temperance movement
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Lewis_Charles_Levin
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkbp:origin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:political_ideology nativism
gptkbp:reduces internal divisions
gptkbp:religion anti-Catholicism
anti-immigration