<span>The purpose for the land rush was to encourage western settlement.
Unfortunately, majority of the land that white people settled on were Indian territory. These lands were initially allotted for Native Americans to reside in when they were driven away from their original territories to give way for white men settlements.
A lot of white men coveted said lands after they saw how prosperous and bountiful the land was under the management of the Indian people. They did not think of the hardships and hard work the Indian people did in order to make the land fruitful. All they saw was the result of the hard labor and they wanted it for themselves, to the detriment of the Indian people. </span>
Because of the economic instability that took place due to the treaty of versailles. As well as resentment for the Western powers such as Britain. Mussolini used this resentment that Italian people had for the British to gain power as the Italians did not gain the land they were promised.
"A victory over the U.S." and "access to lots of oil" are the two reasons what the <span>Soviet Union stood to gain if it controlled Afghanistan. The correct options among all the options that are given in the question are the third and the fourth options. I hope that this is the answer that has actually come to your help.</span>
The United States was still recovering from the impact of the Great Depression and the unemployment rate was hovering around 25%. Our involvement in the war soon changed that rate.
