<span>It was done because of the war. Germans sank submarines that belonged to Britan and the United States and Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States are joining the war and that they will unrestrictedly lead submarine warfare throughout the oceans and seas that the Germans wanted to control.</span>
To demonstrate its scientific superiority over the Soviet Union
The whole point of the Cold War was to compete with the Soviet Union to show them that they were better than them. The way America did this was by building up their nuclear arsenal as well as funding projects like NASA that would the USSR that they are capable of magnificent scientific feats.
I believe it is A or B, if I were to pick one most likely A. because the land was already quite empty and had plenty of land for farmers to partake in.
A.) the French were less interested in occupying territories
He born was July 13, 100 BC