A key difference between Whigs and Democrats was thatMultiple choice question.Whigs believed the government should be active in economic and social affairs.Democrats wanted the government to promote moral values.Whigs preferred a limited government.Democrats encouraged stronger governmental regulation of the economy.

Why did the Whigs gain support in the South in 1836?Multiple choice question.Andrew Jackson, the outgoing president and a southern Democrat, switched parties and embraced the Whig platform.Southern voters felt they could not trust the northern Democratic nominee for president, Martin Van Buren, on the slavery question.The Democratic Party in the North collapsed as industrial workers flocked to smaller, localized parties, leaving southern Democrats exposed.The Republican Party formed an alliance with reformers in the Democratic Party, causing the Democrats to embrace abolitionism.

Which of the following would you expect of the Whigs in the 1830s and 1840s?Multiple Choicea pessimistic outlook, especially about the role of governmentthe belief that individual effort alone should be used to protect individual rights and public propertysupport for federal intervention to promote national economic developmenta belief that government should not foster moral welfare

John Adams and Charles Pickney ran for which party?Whigs Anti-FederalistsDemocratic-RepublicansFederalists

With regard to government involvement in social issues, which of the following statements are true?Multiple select question.Whigs believed that government had a special role to play as a guardian of virtue and propriety.Both major parties agreed that social issues were private and outside the domain of state and national governments.Democrats tended to oppose legislation that inserted government into religious and moral affairs.Both parties believed that government should pay attention to social issues.

Which of the following can be considered one of the most enduring, long-term differences between the Republican and Democratic parties?Group of answer choicesThose in lower-income and lower-status occupations tend to view themselves as Democrats, while those at the higher end of the economic scale tend to view themselves as Republicans.Democrats tend to favor less government and Republicans favor more government programs.Democrats support economic aid to the Third World while Republicans support military aid.Republicans tend to support the right to own a gun while Democrats favor stringent gun controls.