They opposed westward expansion only because it was difficult. Their food was also bad. Work was hard and backbreaking. The only thing you ate was hardtack, which wasn't very appetizing.
# North # South # West
no but there is a east and a west
North was against making slaves states in the west South wanted to make slave states in the west
the patriots fought the west and south by using their geography skills in knowing what to do they beat the british. they knew geography better than the british did.
All areas outside of the Communist countries. South of the 38th Parallel in Korea. South of the 17th Parallel in Vietnam. West of the East/West German line, etc.
hawaii
West Virginia
frontier settlers and farmers of the West and South who wanted to expand America's frontiers
Because it limited their freedom to move West.
The UNITED STATES wanted to expand west, and by virtue of the Mexican War did in fact extend from 'sea to shining sea' - however, the South wanted to make sure that the states carved out of the new territories would contain sufficient slave states to maintain deadlock in the Senate over the issue of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln, he didnt want to end it, but then again he just didnt want it to spread any further west than it had, for the fact that colonists did not want there agriculture and industry to soley depend upon slave labor.
Did you want to know train lines that go Southwest? There is First Great Western, CrossCountry, and South West Trains.
because it was a threat to their industries. The competition for slaves in the west would damage the sectional balance between the Northern and Southern territories of the united states. they didnt want to abolish slavery where it was, they just didnt want it to spread.
they wanted to settle the land and expand their country they also wanted more natural resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
To try to maintain their voting power in Congress.
he didnt