Expansionists were people who a) believed the only way to ensure the country’s prosperity was to decrease the territory of the united states b) believed the only way to ensure the country’s prosperity was to enlarge the territory of the united states c) did not believe in expanding westward to the pacific ocean d) did not believe in manifest destiny ill give brainliest + to correct : )

The correct answer is B:

They believed expansion was the key to the nation's health, that a republic depended on an independent, virtuous citizenry for its survival, and that independence and virtue went hand in hand with land ownership, especially the ownership of small farms.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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