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How did westward expansion in the United States contribute to tensions between the North and the South before the Civil War?(1 point) Responses It led to disputes over whether new states would allow slavery or not, increasing sectional conflict. It led to disputes over whether new states would allow slavery or not, increasing sectional conflict. It created economic competition between the North and South over access to resources in new territories. It created economic competition between the North and South over access to resources in new territories. It led to the establishment of trade agreements that favored the South, angering the North. It led to the establishment of trade agreements that favored the South, angering the North. It resulted in the South gaining more political power, weakening the North's influence. It resulted in the South gaining more political power, weakening the North's influence.
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The most accurate response is: **It led to disputes over whether new states would allow slavery or not, increasing sectional conflict.**
Westward expansion raised critical questions about the extension of slavery into new territories, which intensified the existing sectional rivalry between the North and the South. The debates surrounding the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all illustrate how expansion fueled tensions by pitting pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions against each other, ultimately contributing to the onset of the Civil War.
Westward expansion raised critical questions about the extension of slavery into new territories, which intensified the existing sectional rivalry between the North and the South. The debates surrounding the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all illustrate how expansion fueled tensions by pitting pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions against each other, ultimately contributing to the onset of the Civil War.