How did the American belief in manifest destiny impact sectional tensions in the years before the Civil War? A
Northern states did not want the US to expand west and the southern states wanted to gain more western territory.

B
Northern states pushed to have an agriculture economy while the southern states pushed to have an industrial economy.
Southern states wanted to expand slavery in to the newly acquired western territories and northern states wanted to stop slavery from spreading west.
Southern states wanted to stop slavery from spreading in to the newly acquired western territories and northern states wanted expand slavery out west.