Throughout the 1830s-1840s, the opposing governing parties, the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whigs, undertook many issues. The Whigs were a party born out of their hatred of President Andrew Jackson, and called his harsh military methods "usurpation of the executive branch" and generally hated everything he did while in power. This party appealed to many other groups alienated by President Jackson and was popular primarily among northern urban industrial aristocrats. On the other hand, the Jacksonian Democrats were a party born from the Anti-Federalist ideals of President Andrew Jackson and extremely popular among the agrarian South. A major economic issue on which the two parties disagreed was whether or not the United States should have a National Bank. Like the National Bank, the two parties also disagreed on the question of the protective tariff applied to develop northern industry. Politically, the two parties disagreed on the issues of manifest destiny, or expansion, and ultimately slavery. Although the two parties essentially disagree on most issues, there are also similarities within these issues on which both parties somewhat agree. Whether or not America should have a National Bank is a question that is debated throughout the early stages of modern economics. United States government system. In the 1830s and 1840s, two major differences of opinion on the National Bank could be noted between the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whig parties. Jacksonian Democrats did not want a National Bank for many reasons. One of the main reasons was distrust of banks caused by Andrew Jackson because his lands had been confiscated. Another reason is that the creation of a National Bank would make it more powerful than...... middle of paper ...... y in the lands of the Mexican cession. Jacksonian Democrats and Whigs were primarily opposing forces in the 1830s. -1840s; however, we can see instances where they worked together on certain political and economic issues. Economically, Jacksonian Democrats were against the National Bank and the protective tariff, while the Whigs supported them, and politically, Jacksonian Democrats were more liberal, calling for rapid expansion and growth of the country and the slavery while the Whigs were more politically conservative. questions of manifest destiny and slavery. Jacksonian Democrats were primarily anti-federalists, supporting laws and actions that reduced the power of the federal government, while the Whigs were primarily federalists who supported the federal government and sought to make it stronger through their various economic and economic policies. policies..