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Both the Whigs and the Democrats had been in one party, the Democratic-Republicans. The Democrats were champions of states' rights, and was basically the same party as it is today. The Whigs wanted a strong federal government, and began as the opposition to Jackson, but ended when the party split into additional factions.
Whigs such as Henry clay wanted internal improvements, stronger tarrifs and preservation of Bank of America, whereas jacksonians were more republican in the sense they wanted less taxes, no bank and no internal improvements
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Who supported selling western land cheap?
Whigs or democrats.
What was a major point of debate between Whigs and Democrats on economics policy?
How much government should be involved in the economy
What party did the antislavery democrats and whigs join with members of the liberty party to form?
Free Soil Party
Which party was formed from the groups that opposed the agenda of the Democrats in the 1830s and lost support when it refused to stand strong against slavery?
whigs
What was the Anti-jacksonian politically party that generally stood for national community and an activist government?
The Anti-Jackson Party was also known as Adams Men during the Presidency of John Quincy Adams. It was the predecessor of the National Republican Party.
What were the differences between the Democrats and the Whigs?
How much the government should be involved in the economy
Where did the Whig Party get its support from?
The Whigs were formed as a counter to the Jacksonian Democrats. They were strongest in the Northeast and the South.
The political party founded by those angry with Andrew Jackson was the?
The Whigs were the opposition to the Jacksonian Democrats.
What began with rivalry between whigs and democrats?
The two-party system.
What began the rivalry between Whigs and Democrats?
The two party system-APEX
What began with the rivalry between Whigs and Democrats?
The two-party system-apex
The evasion of the slavery issue by whigs and democrats in 1848?
The Whigs and Democrats avoided and evaded the issue of slavery in the election of 1848 by splitting down the middle on who was for and who was against slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the South wanted to keep slavery. Whigs and Democrats in the North wanted to abolish slavery.
How did the views of the whigs and democrats differ from those in the Free-soil Party?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of the Whigs and democrats differ from those in the free soil?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
How did the views of the whigs and democrats differ from those in the free-soil?
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
The creation of a second party system in the 1830s produced competition between the?
Whigs and the Democrats
Was Zachary Taylor a democrat or republican?
Taylor belonged to the Whig Party, one of two Whig candidates to be elected as President. The Whigs were the main opposition to the Jacksonian Democrats before the Republican Party was formed.
