Know Nothings

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Know_Nothing_Party
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:American_Party
gptkbp:color gptkb:None
gptkbp:conflict factionalism
leadership struggles
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1860s
gptkbp:election_year gptkb:1856_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:founded 1850
1850s
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:None
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:historical_significance contributed to the rise of the Republican Party
first major nativist party in the U. S.
highlighted ethnic tensions in America
influenced future nativist movements
reflected fears of immigration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Know Nothings
gptkbp:influence American politics
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Second_Great_Awakening
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:church
gptkb:labor_unions
gptkb:Republicans
gptkb:Community_Center
gptkb:Democrats
Immigration
Irish immigrants
German immigrants
slavery expansion
liberals
gptkbp:is_supported_by American nationalism
Protestant values
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Lewis_Charles_Levin
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:None
gptkbp:legacy nativist movements
gptkbp:legislation immigration laws
naturalization laws
gptkbp:membership hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Know_Nothing_movement
gptkbp:platform anti-Catholicism
anti-immigrant sentiment
gptkbp:political_ideology Nativism
nativism
gptkbp:political_position right-wing
gptkbp:public_perception anti-immigrant sentiment
nativist sentiment
gptkbp:reduces after 1860
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:None
white cockade
gptkbp:tactics secretive meetings
oath of secrecy