Republican National Convention of 1856
GPTKB entity
Properties (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
political convention
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| gptkbp:campaigns |
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men
|
| gptkbp:electionYear |
1856
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| gptkbp:focusesOn |
opposition to slavery
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Republican_National_Convention_of_1860
|
| gptkbp:heldIn |
gptkb:Philadelphia
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
pre-Civil War America
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| gptkbp:historicalImpact |
contributed to the rise of sectional tensions
established a precedent for party conventions influenced future political conventions inspired future generations of political activists set the stage for the 1860 election led_to_the_eventual_election_of_Abraham_Lincoln marked_a_shift_in_American_political_landscape solidified_the_Republican_Party's_platform |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Republican National Convention of 1856
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas Whig_Party_collapse |
| gptkbp:location |
National_Hall
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| gptkbp:notable_winners |
gptkb:John_C._Frémont
gptkb:William_L._Dayton |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Horace_Greeley
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln gptkb:Salmon_P._Chase gptkb:Edward_Bates |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
first national convention of the Republican Party
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| gptkbp:outcome |
Frémont_lost_the_election
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| gptkbp:platforms |
internal improvements
anti-slavery economic modernization free soil homestead_act |
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Republican_National_Convention_of_1854
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Republican_Party's_first_presidential_campaign
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| gptkbp:significance |
emergence_of_the_Republican_Party_as_a_major_political_force
|
| gptkbp:visitedBy |
delegates from various states
|
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
abolitionists
anti-slavery activists Free Soilers Northern_states former_Whigs |
| gptkbp:year |
1856
|