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

The East did not have a shrinking population driving people toward cities. Instead, population growth and economic pressures encouraged many Americans to move west in search of land and opportunity. Competition with Mexico and England, along with the belief in Manifest Destiny, also helped fuel expansion. Therefore, the factor that was not part of the demand for western lands is “a shrinking population in the East that drove Americans to live in cities.”

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