The Whigs was formed in 1830s and they opposed the tyrannical rule of Andrew Jackson, because they named themselves the 18th century British-American Whigs that opposed King George.
They believed in an active federal government that was committed to internal improvements, including the establishment of a national bank.
France was the country that sold the United States the Louisiana territory, so they could have just said "no you can't have our land."
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The South tried to win foreign allies through cotton diplomacy.
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