What issue or set of beliefs inspired the formation of the democratic party? when did this happen?

Democrats usually link the origin of the party as having been inspired by the "Democratic-Republican Party" founded by Thomas Jefferson with anti monarchical views. The cohesion of the party was put to test over the slavery issue, as southern democrats wanted to extend it to all territories while northern Democrats thought it should be a more restricted issue.

no statements but ok.

the statement that best describes the idea of manifest destiny that was used in the 19th century would be that "it was fate that the united states would continue to  expand westward," since people thought the us was "destined" to do so. 

(e) a major consequence of the election was that several southern states