Take two
Represented the common man, a lower class
person who made his living off the land.
 Promoted the idea that anyone could hold a
government position which glorified the
individual and its mind.
 Favored State’s rights
 wished to expand fast as it would provide
more farming land and potentially more
profit

 Created
in opposition of Jackson
 Made up of industrialists and nationalists and
shaped their policies to benefit those people.
 Supported a tariff which assisted
manufacturing and big business
 Though they did favor the big businessmen,
they attempted to help the economy and
social productivity (internal transportation,
public schools, and other improvements like
roadways and canal structures)
 thought expanding was unnecessary
Democrats (Jackson)
Against
Didn’t want a National bank to
fund projects, states should take
care of projects internally
More laissez faire with the
economy
Whigs (Clay)
For
Wanted it to maintain a stable
currency
Discipline smaller banks
Foster commerce
Democrats
Whigs
For if set at low levels*
For higher tariffs (especially to
bolster new industry)
The tariffs mainly helped
northern industry.
*Jackson deviates from this with
the enforcement of the Tariff of
Abomination through the Force
Act in which he was prepared to
use
Democrats
Whigs
Against
For
High tariffs to improve
infrastructure and to protect
northern factories from external
competition
Also generated revenue for
federal government

Democrats hoped to create a national government that
never meddled in local affairs (one of the most important
of those affairs being slavery), that played no favorites,
and that kept taxes low. On the question of slavery and
states' rights, Jacksonians favored minimal central
government within a permanent union. When South
Carolina threatened the Union by attempting to nullify the
protective tariff of 1828 (Southerners termed it the Tariff
of Abominations because it penalized Southern states that
exported cotton and imported Old World manufactured
goods), Jackson threatened South Carolina with a federal
invasion (the Force Act). At the same time, he let
Southerners know that slavery was safe as long as a
Democratic Party committed to states' rights was in power.
Even more than the Whigs, the Democrats were committed
to avoiding any congressional debate that could possibly
affect slavery.
 http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/ti
meline/pres_era/3_668.html