What position did the Democratic Party take on the issue of slavery in the 1820s and 1830s? What values and beliefs underlay this position?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
The ideal answer should:
1. Explain that the Democratic Party championed the rights of white men and territorial expansion and was responsible for the forced westward relocation of the Cherokees and other southeastern Indian peoples.
2. Explain that the Democratic Party’s outlook toward African Americans demonstrated racism and exclusion.
3. Point out that Democrats supported the territorial expansion of slavery as a state’s right and private property issue for white people.
4. Conclude that Democrats championed the rights of slaveholders as a democratic ideal.
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