Select the correct answer. How did the United States’ new western territories increase tensions between the North and South?
A.
The new territories reduced the North's dependency on the South for cotton and other raw materials.
B.
The North wanted the new territories to be free states, while the South wanted them to be slave states.
C.
The South was against the expansion of the United States territory beyond the Rio Grande.
D.
The cost of gaining new territories in war harmed the South because its smaller economy couldn’t afford it.

explanation:

The new territories reduced the North's dependency on the South for cotton and other raw materials. The cost of gaining new territories in war harmed the South because its smaller economy couldn't afford it.

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.

first industrial revolution - the first wave of the industrial revolution lasted from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. it industrialized the manufacture of textiles and began the move of production from homes to factories. steam power and the cotton gin played an important role in this period.