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Which of the following factors was not a part of the United States’ demand for new lands in the West?

A.

a political desire to compete with Mexico and England

B.

economic problems that encouraged Americans to seek new opportunities

C.

a shrinking population in the East that drove Americans to live in cities

D.

a belief in Manifest Destiny and the United States’ right to expand