After the death of Lenin, Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union.
<span>Sovereignty is the absolute power of each state which gives them
the ability to make laws and control their resources without the interference
of other nations. Westphalian sovereignty also states that each state no matter
how large or small has equal privilege in the international law.</span>
The western end of the railroad in 1858 was St. Louis.
They created taxes on the people so they had the money to purchase guns and weapons. But they recruited men from the cities and they took them from there families and forced them to fight in the wars.