The Whig Party Was Made Up of

question 78

Multiple Choice

The Whig Party was made up of

• A) former Federalists and former Republicans who retained Jefferson's suspicion of a strong federal government.
• B) former Federalists and former Republicans who believed that westward expansion should end.
• C) former Federalists and former Republicans who believed that the national government should encourage economic development.
• D) former Federalists and former Republicans who refused to accept the new techniques of American politics.
• E) former Federalists and former Republicans who opposed plantation slavery in the South.

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