The major parties of the early 1830s in the United States of America were the Democratic Party, organized by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, formed by Henry Clay, a member of the National Republicans and in opposition to Andrew Jackson. sectional differences between the Democratic Party and the Whig Party, but there were some cultural differences. The Whig Party operated from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s. The Whigs endorsed the authority and power of Congress over the presidency, favored a program of protectionism and economic modernization; they also advocated active social reform. According to historians at Johnson County Community College, the name "Whig," which Revolutionary patriots also used to signify their opposition to King George III, was chosen to echo the American Whigs of 1776 and intended to convey; and throughout their twenty-year history, they fought for independence, and because "Whig" was then a widely recognized label for people who considered themselves opposed to tyranny. According to Professor Michael F. Holt, the Whig Party combined anti-Masons and National Republicans, as well as two different groups of Southern anti-Jackson people who had supported Henry Clay and his policies in 1832 because they viewed the National Republicans' nationalistic economic program as a 'unconstitutional illegitimacy of states' rights. The issue that united the anti-Jackson men in the Whig Party in 1834 was their common displeasure with Jackson's September 1833 executive order removing federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. They believed in strong government and interference in the national economy. That's why the Whigs defended Henry Clay's vision of the American system, which called for the existence of either... middle of paper... two political parties with different views on almost every aspect of American life except one : Americans should have a good life. The Democratic party was a party of tradition and looked back to the past, when the Whigs party had the idea of ​​modernization and looked to the future. Works Cited Currie. David P. The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (2005), 344 pp. ISBN: 0226129004.Encyclopedia of Alabama. Whig Party. January 21, 2010. Web. December 10, 2010Faragher, John Mack, et al., eds. Out of Many: A History of the American People. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, 2006.Holt. Michael F. Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project. "The Whig Party" 2002. Web. December 10, 2010Johnson County Community College. “Second party system”. Web 10 Dec. 2010