Why would the South be so interested in the land to the west of the borders of the U. S., in what was then part of Mexico?

What time?

Explanation:

If it is like mid 1800s, the South want the land of the west to support slavery. If the South get these western land to accept slavery, it outnumber the states that oppose slavery (North).

though africans landed with few possessions, they carried their cultures, skills, and spiritual worldviews into the americas. wherever african religions took root in the new world, africans and their descendants changed and adapted their belief systems to local circumstances and influences. individual circumstances created variations in the way people practiced their faiths, what they believed, and what significance it held for their lives.

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