Why did the United States express limited interest in overseas expansion in the 1860s and 1870s?

fear of attacks on their borders

post-Civil War reconstruction

the Anti-Imperialist League

Manifest Destiny

Post - Civil war reconstruction.

Explanation:

During years the politic of United States was the overseas expansion (Ocean to ocean).

Many Americans did move to territories in the west and the south. This expansionism always was a force in American History,

But during the time of the civil war while the nation was torn apart, the expansion came to a halt after that time the US started rebuilding and expanding again.