I WILL MARK YOU BRAINLIEST : WHAT WERE THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE WESTWARD EXPANSION?

U.S. politics for the purpose of protecting slaveholders’ human property. As tensions mounted and both sides hurled accusations, national unity frayed. Compromise became nearly impossible and antagonistic sectional rivalries replaced the idea of a unified, democratic republic. Tensions between the North and South ultimately led to the collapse of American democracy and a brutal civil war.

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