United States House of RepresentativesLower house of the U.S. CongressThe United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameralUnited States Congress; it is the lower house, with the United States Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the Constitution of the United States in enumerated matters to pass or defeat federallegislation, known as bills. Those that are also passed by the Senate are sent to the president for signature or veto.
Whig Party (United States)American political party (1833–1854)The Whig Party was a political party in the United States that existed from 1833 to 1856. Alongside the Democratic Party, it was one of two major parties from the late 1830s until the early 1850s and part of the Second Party System.
Democratic Party (United States)Political partyThe Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival is the Republican Party, and since the 1850s, both have dominated American politics. The Democratic Party initially supported Jacksonian democracy, agrarianism, and geographical expansionism, while opposing a national bank and high tariffs.
Non-voting members of the United States House of RepresentativesNon-voting members of the United States House of Representatives (called either delegates or resident commissioner, in the case of Puerto Rico) are representatives of their territory in the House of Representatives, who do not have a right to vote on legislation in the full House but nevertheless have floor privileges and are able to participate in certain other House functions.
Know Nothing1850s American nativist political partyThe American Party, known as the Native American Party before 1855 and colloquially referred to as the Know Nothing, Know-Nothings, or the Know Nothing Party, was an Old Stock nativist political movement in the United States from the 1840s through the 1850s. Members of the movement were required to say "I know nothing" whenever they were asked about its specifics by outsiders, providing the group with its colloquial name.1854 United States electionsElections were held for the 34th United States Congress during the middle of the Democratic President Franklin Pierce's term. These elections were part of the transition from the Second Party System to the Third Party System, as the Whigs collapsed as a national party and were replaced by a coalition running on the Opposition Party ticket and by the nascent Republican Party.
Second Party SystemPresidential-election results from 1828 through 1852. Blue denotes states generally carried by Democrats; buff denotes states generally carried by National Republican, Anti-Masonic, or Whig candidates.Anti-Nebraska movementThe Anti-Nebraska movement was a political alignment in the United States formed in opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 and to its repeal of the Missouri Compromise provision forbidding slavery in U.S. territories north of latitude 36°30'. At the time, the name "Nebraska" could loosely refer to areas west of the Missouri River. The Republican Party grew out of the Anti-Nebraska movement.
Kansas–Nebraska ActThe Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat.277) was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It was drafted by Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas, passed by the 33rd United States Congress, and signed into law by President Franklin Pierce. Douglas introduced the bill with the intention of opening up new lands to develop and facilitate the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
Nativism (politics)Nativism is a political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native-born or indigenous people over those of immigrants, including opposition to immigration.
IndianaU.S. stateState in the United StatesIndiana ( ) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Nicknamed "the Hoosier State", Indiana is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 states. The state's capital and largest city is Indianapolis.
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