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The Whig Party was a political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century. Alongside the slightly larger Democratic Party, it was one of the two major parties in the United States between the late 1830s and the early 1850s as part of the Second Party System.
28 de mai. de 2024 · Whig Party, in U.S. history, major political party active from 1834 to 1854 that espoused a program of national development but foundered on the rising tide of sectional antagonism. They borrowed the name Whig from the British party opposed to royal prerogatives.
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The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and the 1850s, the Whigs contested power with their rivals, the Tories .
6 de nov. de 2009 · The Whig Party was a major political party in the U.S. from the 1830s to the 1850s, opposing Andrew Jackson and his Democrats. It supported the Second Bank of the U.S., higher tariffs, Congress and moral reform, but split over slavery and formed the Republican Party.
Há 3 dias · Whig and Tory, members of two opposing political parties or factions in England, particularly during the 18th century. Originally “Whig” and “Tory” were terms of abuse introduced in 1679 during the heated struggle over the bill to exclude James, duke of York (afterward James II), from the succession.
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O Partido Whig (Whig Party, em inglês) foi um partido político norte-americano fundado pelo político e advogado Henry Clay, durante a era da "democracia Jacksoniana". Fundado entre 1833 e 1834, o partido formou-se em oposição às políticas do presidente Andrew Jackson e ao Partido Democrata.
Há 5 dias · The Whig Party was first and foremost a political party of reform and opposition. Its history is one of long and complex British political traditions and machinations of Parliament which continue to play out to this day.
