Question

The Whig Party:

• A. Unified Northerners and Southerners in favor of high tariffs the need for a Bank of the US and internal improvements.
• B. Took a principled stance in favor of expanding slavery.
• C. Appealed greatly to immigrants and Catholics.
• D. Took on the Federalist belief in the necessity of a business elite who would make the country great.
• E. Was supported mostly by urban workers and Southern plantation owners.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Unified Northerners and Southerners in favor of high tariffs the need for a Bank of the US and internal improvements.

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.