Democrats vs. Whigs. DEMOCRATS WHIGS Advocated weak government, especially federal government Advocated strong government, especially federal.

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Democrats vs. Whigs

DEMOCRATS WHIGS Advocated weak government, especially federal government Advocated strong government, especially federal government Opposed government action in general. Opposed government spending. Opposed tariffs Government should actively promote economic and social goals. Favored government spending, especially on transportation Supported tariff Skeptical about morals legislation, e.g., banning alcohol and Sunday work Tended to favor morals legislation, e.g. alcohol and Sunday work Supported by: Those threatened by the market economy, e.g., semi subsistence farmers Many Southerners and Southern descendants in Northern states. City workers. Catholic immigrants from Ireland and Germany Supported by: Those benefiting from the market economy New Englanders and their descendants. Other Northern-stock Protestants. After 1854 continued in: Democrats After 1854 continued in: Republicans Political tradition in: Missouri Political tradition in: Kansas Second Party System

Second Two-Party System Democrats v. Whigs, Democrats 1.The party of tradition. 2.Looked backward to the past. 3.Spoke to the fears of Americans 4.Opposed banks and corporations as. state-legislated economic privilege. 5.Opposed state-legislated reforms and preferred individual freedom of choice. 6.Were Jeffersonian agrarians who favored farms and rural independence and the right to own slaves. 7.Favored rapid territorial expansion over space by purchase or war. 8.Believed in progress through external growth. 9.Democratic ideology of agrarianism, slavery, states rights, territorial expansion was favored in the South. Whigs 1.The party of modernization. 2.Looked forward to the future. 3.Spoke to the hopes of Americans. 4.Wanted to use federal and state government to promote economic growth, especially transportation and banks. 5.Advocated reforms such as temperance and public schools and prison reform. 6.Were entrepreneurs who favored industry and urban growth and free labor. 7.Favored gradual territorial expansion over time and opposed the Mexican War. 8.Believed in progress through internal growth 9.Whig ideology of urbanization, industrialization, federal rights, commercial expansion was favored in the North.