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Why did democrats oppose federal support for internal improvements, the bus, and higher tariffs?

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Increased federal control--all of these expanded the economic power of the federal government.

Democrats believed in a stronger state government and a reduced federal government. Having economic control opened the door for the federal government to become a monarchy. Tariffs also hurt the South and the farmer which the Democrats tended to represent.
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