What did the whig party did?

The original Whig Party developed in Britain ca. 1680. (The name, originally "Whiggamore" was a derisive nickname used against the Scottish Covenanters.) This party, more formally organized in the...

Were mass based political parties.

The Whig Party, the political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy

The issue of slavery split the party. "Conscience Whigs" in the North favored the abolition of slavery and halting the institution's spread into new territories. The "Cotton Whigs" in the South took...

a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party.