the Know Nothing Party

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:advocatesFor Americanization
gptkbp:alliance anti-immigrant faction
anti-Catholic_faction
gptkbp:associated_with anti-Catholic_sentiment
gptkbp:availableIn gptkb:Civil_War
internal divisions
loss of public support
emergence_of_the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:conflict factionalism
gptkbp:dissolved 1860s
gptkbp:electionYear gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
1856
third place in 1856 election
gptkbp:founded 1850
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:heldIn conventions
gptkbp:historical_significance first major nativist party in the U.S.
gptkbp:historicalContext pre-Civil War America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Know Nothing Party
gptkbp:ideology pamphlets
newspapers
public speeches
nativism
gptkbp:impact influenced public opinion on immigration
contributed to rise of populism
shaped immigration policy debates
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Whig_Party
later_nativist_movements
gptkbp:keyPeople American_nationalism
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_American_politics
gptkbp:membership declined in 1860s
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:notable_winners 1854 midterm elections
gptkbp:opposedBy immigration
slavery expansion
foreign-born politicians
gptkbp:platforms restrict immigration
oppose foreign influence
promote_American_values
gptkbp:politicalPosition right-wing
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:American_Party
gptkbp:state gptkb:California
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:supported prohibition
gptkbp:targets German_immigrants
Irish_immigrants
gptkbp:uses secretive rituals