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Mexico outlawed slavery, tried to seize weapons, and raised taxes.

Mexico outlawed slavery and invaded the U.S.

Mexico raised taxes then took the land back from the settlers.

Mexico outlawed slavery and took back settlers land.

Unifying the national economy.

Expanding the U.S. territory.

Removing Native Americans from the North East.

Preventing the spread of slavery in the U.S.

Worried it would interfere with U.S. westward expansion.

Worried it would lead to an increase in slave states.

Worried it would lead to loss of U.S. territory

Worried European countries would get involved in the conflict.

The U.S. trying to sign a peace treaty with Mexico and Mexico killing 13 soldiers.

Dispute over Texas territory that resulted in 13 U.S. soldiers death.

Mexico trying to take the Louisiana Purchase.

Pioneers hunting for wildlife and experiencing a grizzly attack.

Pioneer stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with no food.

Pioneers in search of a northwest passage saved by Native Americans.

Pioneers seeking to spread Christianity west to Native Americans.

Lots of cheep or free land.

Manifest destiny

foreign invasions in the east.

overcrowding in the east

Opportunities to make money.

disease, starvation, and not enough land.

disease, Native Americans, and not enough land.

disease, the terrain, and an overpopulated west.

disease, starvation, the terrain, and Native Americans

the law prohibited women from living on their own.

Women gained equal rights to men.

Uneducated pioneers placed additional restrictions on women.

Women were allowed to own land and take jobs outside the home.