What role did slavery and territorial expansion play in the electoral contests of the Second Party System contest between Democrats and Whigs?

Prompt (Choose One):

1. What role did slavery and territorial expansion play in the electoral contests of the Second Party System contest between Democrats and Whigs?

2. Critics have argued that “Jacksonian Democracy” was neither Jacksonian or democratic. Why?

3. What political, economic, or cultural trends are at the origin of the notion of Manifest Destiny?

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