In the 1920s and 1930s, the Japanese invaded surrounding territories mainly because they "needed natural resources" to fuel their domestic growth, since Japan is a very small island and lacks many of these necessary resources.
Answer:
The answer is: No it wasn't.
Explanation:
The economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
Main reasons:
States' rights-They wanted to avoid federal laws, especially laws interfering with the South's right to keep slaves and take them wherever they wished
Territorial expansion--the newly formed Republican party, whose members were strongly opposed to the westward expansion of slavery into new states
Secession--They felt excluded from the political system , and decided to withdraw themselves. All these led to war.
Answer:
The Republican Party
Explanation:
The Republican Party promised not to get between the states and slavery, but then refused to further expand slavery into the territories.
Democratic government is the answer to your question
So I believe that some empires wanted to spread, or expand, their rule on some territories or countries
