a.
How did the slavery issue get tied up with the doctrine of manifest destiny in the 1840s and '50s?
Southern slaveholders demanded government assistance in transporting slaves to
the West.
b. Slavery went against the democratic values implied by the philosophy of
frontierism.
C. Americans did not know if the institution of slavery would be allowed in the new
territories.
d. Southern slaveholders thought westward expansion would cause their region to
lose power.
cago
