--- title: "What was true about the Whig, Free-Soil, and Know-Nothing parties?" description: "What was true about the Whig, Free-Soil, and Know-Nothing parties?" author: "Cox elliott" published: 2018-05-12 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42157/what-was-true-about-the-whig-free-soil-and-know-nothing-parties category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["usa history"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What was true about the Whig, Free-Soil, and Know-Nothing parties? What was [true](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37504/what-do-you-think-of-the-social-media-platform-vero-true-social) about the Whig, [Free](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85717/the-best-free-reading-apps-for-book-lovers)-Soil, and Know-Nothing parties? ## Answers ### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani **“Know nothing party”** Established in the year 1850 the “Know nothing party” was alternatively renowned as the American party. **In the year 1844 riots began between Nativists and the Irish immigrants in which a school and two eclectic churches were burned down.** Know nothing party was then a firm party which was against the Irish immigrants. Later in 1854, the Know-nothing party collaborated with the Whigs which was a sound political party of America and right after a year of collaboration they switched their names to American party from “Know nothing party”. **\**![What was true about the Whig, Free-Soil, and Know-Nothing parties?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/37ab1c85-da33-4dbe-8fad-f4d1ddb9aadd/images/ae920f01-8526-42c2-b922-7f4a273336f9.jpg)**\****\****“Free soil party”** It was a concise party of USA during 1848-1852 presidential elections and was the 3rd party that its strength from New York. This party consisted of the anti-slavery members of the Whig Party and the Demographic Party. **The mainstream aim of “Free soil” was to restrict the slavery in the western territories, arguing that free men arguing that free men on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery.** \ **“All the Best”** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42157/what-was-true-about-the-whig-free-soil-and-know-nothing-parties Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.