The Mexican American war started because:

c

Explanation:

I think B its sound the most reasonable

The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848. ... It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).

it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939