The Know Nothing Party

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:administrative_division gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:associated_with anti-Catholic sentiment
gptkbp:convention_year 1855
gptkbp:decline internal divisions
loss of electoral support
gptkbp:dissolved 1860s
gptkbp:election_year 1856
gptkbp:famous_rival gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:founded 1850
gptkbp:founded_by nativist activists
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:historical_context pre-Civil War America
gptkbp:historical_impact influenced public opinion on immigration
contributed to rise of populism
shaped immigration policy debates
highlighted ethnic tensions in America
gptkbp:historical_significance first major nativist party in the U. S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Know Nothing Party
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkb:Know_Nothing_movement
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:labor_unions
gptkb:Catholic_Church
gptkb:immigration
immigrant communities
slavery expansion
foreign influence
gptkbp:is_targeted_at Irish immigrants
German immigrants
gptkbp:key_issues American nationalism
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:American_Party
gptkbp:legacy influence on later nativist movements
gptkbp:membership gptkb:Lutheranism
declined in 1860s
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Baltimore_riots_of_1856
gptkb:Philadelphia_riots_of_1844
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:notable_nominees gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
1856 presidential election
1854 midterm elections
gptkbp:platform anti-immigrant policies
anti-Catholic policies
gptkbp:political_ideology nativism
gptkbp:political_position right-wing
gptkbp:slogan I know nothing
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:supported public education
Americanization policies
prohibition of immigration
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Calhoun_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5