National Convention 1854

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Convention_1855
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:date 1854
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:National_Convention_1856
gptkbp:historical_context Pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_significance Catalyst for the Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Convention 1854
gptkbp:impact Realignment of political parties
gptkbp:influenced_by Democratic Party policies
Whig Party decline
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Henry_Ward_Beecher_Jr.
gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:John_A._King
gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:William_C._Dix
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Charles_Sumner
gptkb:James_H._Lane
gptkb:Charles_Francis_Adams
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:George_Julian
gptkb:Lyman_Trumbull
gptkb:Benjamin_Wade
gptkb:James_R._Doolittle
gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkb:David_Wilmot
gptkb:Edward_Bates
gptkb:Henry_Winter_Davis
gptkb:Thaddeus_Stevens
gptkb:Samuel_Pomeroy
gptkbp:key_issues gptkb:political_movement
Territorial expansion
Free soil movement
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:William_Henry_Seward
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase
gptkbp:outcome Emergence of new political coalitions
Nomination of candidates for the 1854 elections
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:National_Convention_1852
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Republican_National_Convention_1856
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
Formation of the Know Nothing Party
Formation of the Free Soil Party
Rise of sectional tensions
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkbp:resolution Support for internal improvements
Promotion of economic development
Opposition to the extension of slavery
Support for free labor
Advocacy for homesteading
gptkbp:resulted_in gptkb:Anti-Nebraska_movement
gptkbp:significance Formation of the Republican Party