What was the democratic party's position on westward expansion

Southern Democrats favored westward expansion, partly to expand cotton plantations and slavery into the west, however, the Whigs were worried about expanding slavery into the west. Most Democrats were in favor of expanding, because it would make America larger. The Whigs, however, were worried about losing representation in the Congress.

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.

i think the answer is   b.