Whigs drew support from merchants, professionals, and many planters

Target entity: Whigs drew support from merchants, professionals, and many planters
Context triple: [Second Party System, socialBase, Whigs drew support from merchants, professionals, and many planters]

• A. Foxite Whigs
  The Foxite Whigs were a late 18th-century British political faction led by Charles James Fox, known for their advocacy of parliamentary reform, civil liberties, and opposition to royal influence and government authoritarianism.
• B. English Whigs
  The English Whigs were a political faction in late 17th- and 18th-century Britain that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and Protestant succession, playing a central role in shaping modern British liberal politics.
• C. Whig (American Revolution)
  The Whigs during the American Revolution were colonists who strongly supported independence from Britain and championed republican principles against perceived monarchical tyranny.
• D. British Whig Party
  The British Whig Party was a major political force in Britain from the 17th to the 19th century, championing constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and liberal reforms that laid groundwork for the modern Liberal Party.
• E. Cotton Whigs
  The Cotton Whigs were a faction of the U.S. Whig Party whose political stance was strongly influenced by support for, or accommodation of, Southern slaveholding interests.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Whigs drew support from merchants, professionals, and many planters
Target entity description: Whigs drew support from merchants, professionals, and many planters was a key social constituency of the Whig Party in the United States during the Second Party System, reflecting its appeal to commercial, professional, and propertied interests.

• A. Foxite Whigs
  The Foxite Whigs were a late 18th-century British political faction led by Charles James Fox, known for their advocacy of parliamentary reform, civil liberties, and opposition to royal influence and government authoritarianism.
• B. English Whigs
  The English Whigs were a political faction in late 17th- and 18th-century Britain that championed constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and Protestant succession, playing a central role in shaping modern British liberal politics.
• C. Whig (American Revolution)
  The Whigs during the American Revolution were colonists who strongly supported independence from Britain and championed republican principles against perceived monarchical tyranny.
• D. British Whig Party
  The British Whig Party was a major political force in Britain from the 17th to the 19th century, championing constitutional monarchy, parliamentary supremacy, and liberal reforms that laid groundwork for the modern Liberal Party.
• E. Cotton Whigs
  The Cotton Whigs were a faction of the U.S. Whig Party whose political stance was strongly influenced by support for, or accommodation of, Southern slaveholding interests.
• F. None of above. chosen