American Party

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The American Party, commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party, was a mid-19th-century U.S. political party that rose to prominence on an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic platform.

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Generate an image of the American Party (The American Party, commonly known as the Know-Nothing Party, was a mid-19th-century U.S. political party that rose to prominence on an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic platform.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
American Party canonical 6
Native American Party 1
Southern Rights Party 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
nativist political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Know-Nothing Party ⓘ
Native American Party ⓘ
linked to: American Party
corePolicy exclusion of foreign-born from public office ⓘ
longer naturalization periods ⓘ
restrictions on Catholic political influence ⓘ
restrictions on immigration ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause internal divisions over slavery ⓘ
rise of the Republican Party ⓘ
sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ
dissolvedInDecade 1860s ⓘ
dissolvedInYearApprox 1860 ⓘ
foundedInDecade 1850s ⓘ
foundedInYearApprox 1854 ⓘ
heldOfficeType governorships in several states ⓘ
seats in state legislatures ⓘ
seats in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustrated tensions over immigration and religion in U.S. politics ⓘ
major expression of 19th-century American nativism ⓘ
ideology Protestant political movement ⓘ
anti-Catholicism ⓘ
anti-immigration ⓘ
nativism ⓘ
influencedByEvent large-scale German immigration during the 1840s and 1850s ⓘ
large-scale Irish immigration during the 1840s ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
mainOppositionTo immigration of German Catholics ⓘ
immigration of Irish Catholics ⓘ
nameOrigin nickname derived from members saying "I know nothing" ⓘ
nominatedForPresident Millard Fillmore ⓘ
nominatedForVicePresident Andrew Jackson Donelson ⓘ
notableElection United States presidential election of 1856 ⓘ
opposedReligion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
originatedFrom Order of the Star Spangled Banner ⓘ
secret nativist societies ⓘ
peakInfluenceYearApprox 1854 ⓘ
1855 ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
receivedElectoralVotesIn 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
secretSocietyPractice members instructed to say "I know nothing" when questioned ⓘ
strongestSupportRegion Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states

Northeast United States ⓘ
some Southern states ⓘ
succeededBy Republican Party in many Northern states ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
supportedReligion Protestantism ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Know-Nothing movement → alsoKnownAs → American Party ⓘ
American Party → alsoKnownAs → Native American Party ⓘ
linked to: American Party
James Harper → politicalParty → American Party ⓘ
Nullifier Party → succeededBy → Southern Rights Party ⓘ
linked to: American Party