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Which Statement Best Describes How the Whig Strategy in the Election

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Which statement best describes how the Whig strategy in the election of 1840 was a response to the success of the Jacksonian Democrats in 1828 and 1832?


A) They portrayed William Henry Harrison as a military hero and a man of the people to win over voters in the West and the South who had voted for Jackson.
B) They promised to reverse all of Jackson's policies in order to benefit from his widespread unpopularity.
C) Realizing they could not beat the Democrats in the South and West, the Whigs concentrated on the commercial classes of the East.
D) By nominating Van Buren, the Whigs hoped to fuse the two parties and end the two-party system.

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