The Whigs were created to counteract the administration of Andrew Jackson. Jackson saw himself as a speaker on behalf of the common man aka the farmer. He instituted policies abolishing government methods to create and prop up industrialization efforts under the American System. The largest of these being the closing of the National Bank. Whigs formed in opposition to this move and vowed to regain power in order to reopen the banking system as well as continued moves toward an industrialized country. They were in more support of urban areas, factory owners, and encouraged immigrants as labor. They also included a small segment of abolitionists who believed the Southern economic system needed to end.
