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 or democrats.
How much government should be involved in the economy
Free Soil Party
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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.
How much the government should be involved in the economy
The Whigs were the opposition to the Jacksonian Democrats.
The Whigs were formed as a counter to the Jacksonian Democrats. They were strongest in the Northeast and the South.
The two-party system.
The two-party system-apex
The two party system-APEX
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.
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
the whigs and democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty
Whigs and the Democrats
The Whigs and Democrats embraced the idea of popular sovereignty.