Why do we have elections in the first place?

lincoln declared that slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new states, and of course this angered the south at the time.

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. 

rosevelt. 1973. "slaves everywhere"