Why did the Whigs rise as a political party? Problems with the economy resulted in their popularity.
The Democrats were sympathetic to the North and its industrial power causing support to go to the Whigs.
The Whigs were pro-South which promoted an economic boost to the United States.
Other political parties were involved in illegal activities which drew the public to the Whig Party.

During world war ll, the untied states was a member of the allies axis european theater pacific theater

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u.s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.

How influential do you think athenian democracy was on our representative democracy in the united states?