"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes... when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society have a right to complain." — Andrew Jackson, Bank Veto Message, 1832
The veto message contributed most directly to which political development of the 1830s?
- Acheck_circle
Formation of the Whig Party in opposition to executive overreach
- B
Adoption of universal male suffrage in every state
- C
Emergence of the Republican Party on a free-soil platform
- D
Collapse of the Federalist Party after the Hartford Convention
Explanation
Critics calling Jackson "King Andrew" coalesced into the Whig Party. Federalists had collapsed earlier; Republicans formed in the 1850s; suffrage expansion was uneven and predated the veto.