American Party

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defunct political party nativist political party political 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.

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All labels observed (3)

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

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct political party ⓘ nativist political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
activeInPeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Know-Nothing movement ⓘ surface form: Know-Nothing Party American Party ⓘ surface form: Native American Party
corePolicy	exclusion of foreign-born from public office ⓘ longer naturalization periods ⓘ restrictions on Catholic political influence ⓘ restrictions on immigration ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	1856 United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential election of 1856
opposedReligion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
originatedFrom	Order of the Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ surface form: 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 states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States Northeastern United States ⓘ surface form: Northeast United States some Southern states ⓘ
succeededBy	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party in many Northern states
supportedReligion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism

Referenced by (8)

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

Nativism in the United States → associatedWithMovement → American Party ⓘ

Know-Nothing movement → alsoKnownAs → American Party ⓘ

American Party → alsoKnownAs → American Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Native American Party

James Harper → politicalParty → American Party ⓘ

Order of the Star-Spangled Banner → influenced → American Party ⓘ

Order of the Star-Spangled Banner → associatedWith → American Party ⓘ

1856 United States presidential election → thirdPlaceParty → American Party ⓘ

Nullifier Party → succeededBy → American Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Rights Party