the Whig party

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkb:Sarah_Churchill
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkb:Jonathan_Swift
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:flag
gptkb:anti-slavery_movement
gptkb:labor_union
gptkb:temperance_movement
gptkb:women's_rights_movement
American exceptionalism
industrialization
urbanization
railroad expansion
progressive movement
public education
internal improvements
moral reform
social reform movements
environmental reform
banking reform
political reform movements
telegraph expansion
land policy reform
tariff reform
anti-monopoly movement
gptkbp:color gptkb:blue
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1854
gptkbp:election_year gptkb:1852_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1840_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1848_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:founded 1833
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:West
Midwest
Northeast
second major political party in U. S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Whig party
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:legacy influence on Republican Party
gptkbp:notable_inductees 1840 election
1844 election
1848 election
1850 midterm elections
1852 election
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Daniel_Webster
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkb:William_H._Harrison
gptkb:Zachary_Taylor
gptkb:Henry_Clay
gptkbp:platform infrastructure development
economic protectionism
opposition to the Mexican-American War
support for the American System
gptkbp:political_ideology classical liberalism
gptkbp:political_position center-right
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Federalist_Party
gptkbp:reduces 1860s
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Know_Nothing_Party
gptkbp:symbol log cabin