Question

Why would the south want to expand to the west? (slavery and states rights)

Answer 1

Slavery spread rather than grew because it was an agricultural rather than industrial form of capitalism, so it needed new lands.

Step-by-step explanation:

Slavery spread rather than grew because it was an agricultural rather than industrial form of capitalism, so it needed new lands. And slavery spread because enslaved African Americans were forced to migrate.

Answer 2

Answer: They would expand to the west because the more land they have the more slaves they could have which means more crops and money coming their way