Know-Nothing movement

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nativist movement political movement political party

The Know-Nothing movement was a mid-19th-century American political movement and party known for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic stance and secretive, nativist organizing.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Know Nothing movement	5
Know Nothing party	4
Know-Nothing Party	2
Know Nothing Party	1
Know Nothing political movement	1
Know-Nothing movement canonical	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nativist movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ political party ⓘ
activeIn	1850s ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	American Party ⓘ Know-Nothing movement ⓘ surface form: Know-Nothing Party Order of the Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
coreBelief	allegiance of Catholics to the Pope threatened American republicanism ⓘ immigrants undermined American Protestant values ⓘ need to preserve political power for native-born Protestants ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
emergedFrom	Order of the Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ secret nativist societies ⓘ
endTime	late 1850s ⓘ
etymology	members claimed to "know nothing" when asked about the organization ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Protestant nationalist ⓘ anti-elite sentiment ⓘ conspiratorial worldview ⓘ fraternal ⓘ secretive ⓘ xenophobic ⓘ
hasIdeology	anti-Catholicism ⓘ anti-immigrant politics ⓘ nativism ⓘ populism ⓘ
hasMainOpposition	Democratic Party ⓘ German Catholic immigrants ⓘ Irish Catholic immigrants ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
hasMembershipBase	artisans and small businessmen ⓘ lower-middle-class urban voters ⓘ native-born white Protestants ⓘ
hasPosition	exclusion of foreign-born from public office ⓘ extension of naturalization periods ⓘ opposition to Catholic political influence ⓘ restriction of immigration ⓘ
influenced	immigration restriction debates in the United States ⓘ later American nativist movements ⓘ
influencedBy	Protestant revivalism ⓘ antebellum nativism ⓘ increased immigration from Germany ⓘ increased immigration from Ireland ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
nominated	Millard Fillmore ⓘ
nominatedForOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
notableIn	Maryland politics ⓘ Massachusetts state legislature ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts politics New York politics ⓘ Pennsylvania politics ⓘ Southern United States politics ⓘ
participatedIn	1854 United States elections ⓘ 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
peakTime	mid-1850s ⓘ
politicalPosition	right-wing ⓘ
reasonForDecline	internal divisions over slavery ⓘ loss of secrecy and novelty ⓘ rise of the Republican Party ⓘ sectional conflict over slavery ⓘ
slogan	Americans must rule America ⓘ
startTime	early 1850s ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Nativism in the United States → associatedWithMovement → Know-Nothing movement ⓘ

Know-Nothing movement → alsoKnownAs → Know-Nothing movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Know-Nothing Party

American Party → alsoKnownAs → Know-Nothing movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Know-Nothing Party

Henry Winter Davis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know-Nothing movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Know Nothing party

John Marshall Harlan → memberOfPoliticalParty → Know-Nothing movement ⓘ