Members of the Whig Party

question 22

Multiple Choice

Members of the Whig party

• A) believed in a weak central government.
• B) were suspicious of rapid Western expansion and, instead, supported industrial and commercial expansion within the current boundaries of the United States.
• C) favored the expansion of slavery into the Western territories.
• D) favored free trade.

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