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Why did the US begin to expand in the early 1800

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Answer:

They wanted to follow Manifest Destiny.

Step-by-step explanation:

They thought that is was Americans' God-given right to expand all across the continent of North America, from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean.

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