JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
WHIG PARTY
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Democrats
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English Anti Monarchist party
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Whigs
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the English Civil Wars, when Charles I reigned, the term “Whig” was picked up and used by the English to refer derisively to a radical faction of the Scottish Covenanters who called themselves the Kirk Party (see the Whiggamore Raid).
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: -Whig. noun. ˈhwig ˈwig. : a member or supporter of a British political group of the late 17th through early 19th centuries trying to lessen the power of the monarch and to increase the power of the parliament.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.