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The expanding West desired all of the following except:

free public land
slavery
bank credit
internal improvements

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Slavery.

Western settlers generally wanted free public land, access to bank credit, and internal improvements to reach markets, but many opposed the extension of slavery into the new territories (the Free Soil idea: "free soil, free labor, free men").