WHIGS, DEMOCRATS, AND KNOW-NOTHINGS
WHIGS, DEMOCRATS, AND KNOW-NOTHINGS Jackson’s political opponents, unit- ed by little more than a common opposition to him, eventually co- alesced into a common party called the Whigs, a British term signify- ing opposition to Jackson’s “monar- chial rule .” Although they organized soon after the election campaign of 1832, it was more than a […]
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