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What did people who opposed westward expansion often argue?.

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Answer:

Expanding farther west would allow slavery to spread outside the

South

Step-by-step explanation:

This expansion led to debates about the fate of slavery in the West, increasing tensions between the North and South that ultimately led to the collapse of American democracy and a brutal civil war.

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