The creation of Poland took some of Russia's land, which Russia was unhappy with. The two countries went to war in 1920.
Defense of the people
Assurance of equality
Protection of individual rights.
Both the republic and state granted lands for military service in the form of bounty and donation grants.
"By an act of 1879 certificates for an additional 640 acres were granted under stringent restrictions to indigent veterans of the Texas Revolution. Bounty and donation grants for military service amounted to a total of 3,149,234 acres."
Basically, as a reward or an incentive for their service in multiple battles.
<span>Panic of 1873
The economic recession of 1873 diverted the northerners focus to the financial issues impacting the growth of the Second Industrial Revolution and the growing farmer population in the West. Northerners wanted the government to focus on the industrial progress taking place and the growing concerns over political and economic corruption occurring within urban areas. </span>
