Question

AP US History question:
Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 and 1850.

Answer 1

Territorial expansion between the years 1800 and 1850 greatly disrupted national unity in many ways because it forced people to decide whether the new states would be slave or free--dividing the nation in half.

Answer 2

Territorial expansion between the years 1800 and 1850 greatly disrupted national unity