USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Whig Party’s first major action was to censure Jackson for the removal of the national bank deposits, thereby establishing opposition to Jackson’s executive power as the organizing principle of the new party.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Whig Party was formally organized in 1834, bringing together a loose coalition of groups united in their opposition to what party members viewed as the executive tyranny of “King Andrew” Jackson. They borrowed the name Whig from the British party opposed to royal prerogatives.

Detailed explanation-3: -An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats. Whigs stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Whig Party believed in a strong federal government, similar to the Federalist Party that preceded it. The federal government must provide its citizenry with a transportation infrastructure to assist economic development. Many Whigs also called for government support of business through tariffs.

Detailed explanation-5: -They named themselves the Whigs because they believed Jackson had become a “King Andrew, ” and that he was creating an office of the president that was too powerful. They also opposed his policies, which they said were anti-commerce and anti-business.