Rise of the Know Nothing Party
GPTKB entity
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:political_movement
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| gptkbp:advocated_for |
restrictive immigration laws
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| gptkbp:associated_with |
anti-Catholic sentiment
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| gptkbp:challenges |
the two-party system
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| gptkbp:declared_its_opposition_to |
foreign influence
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| gptkbp:declined_in |
1860s
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| gptkbp:emphasizes |
Protestant values
|
| gptkbp:faded_from_prominence |
after the Civil War
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| gptkbp:founded |
1850s
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| gptkbp:founded_in |
disgruntled Whigs
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| gptkbp:had_a_national_convention_in |
1855
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| gptkbp:had_a_platform_that_included |
anti-immigrant policies
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| gptkbp:has_impact_on |
American politics
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| gptkbp:held_political_power |
local and state levels
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Rise of the Know Nothing Party
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Second_Great_Awakening
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| gptkbp:is_active_in |
urban areas
the Northeast United States |
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
xenophobia
lack of clear policies |
| gptkbp:is_influential_in |
the 1856 presidential election
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| gptkbp:is_known_for |
political rallies
anti-foreign policies anti-immigrant legislation secretive membership practices |
| gptkbp:is_linked_to |
nativist violence
|
| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:immigration |
| gptkbp:is_targeted_at |
Irish immigrants
German immigrants |
| gptkbp:key_figures |
gptkb:Lewis_Charles_Levin
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| gptkbp:known_as |
gptkb:American_Party
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| gptkbp:originated_in |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:political_ideology |
nativism
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| gptkbp:promoted |
secretive rituals
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| gptkbp:saw_a_rise_in_membership |
mid-1850s
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| gptkbp:saw_its_membership_decline_due_to |
internal divisions
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| gptkbp:was_a_precursor_to |
gptkb:the_Populist_Party
later nativist movements |
| gptkbp:was_a_response_to |
increased immigration
the rise of Catholicism economic changes in the U. S. |
| gptkbp:was_characterized_by |
grassroots organizing
local activism political opportunism political secrecy anti-immigrant rhetoric political rallies and meetings |
| gptkbp:was_involved_in |
gptkb:election
elections state legislatures the 1854 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election the 1854 midterm elections the 1855 Massachusetts gubernatorial election the 1855 New York City mayoral election the 1856 congressional elections the 1856 election of James Buchanan the 1856 election of John C. Frémont the 1856 national convention |
| gptkbp:was_involved_in_controversies_over |
election fraud
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| gptkbp:was_known_for |
its secrecy
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| gptkbp:was_seen_as_a_reaction_against |
the Democratic Party's policies
|
| gptkbp:was_seen_as_a_reaction_to |
the influx of immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s
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| gptkbp:was_supported_by |
some former Democrats
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_of_1854
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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