The action being shown in the scenario given above is called
political patronage. This is a reward given to an individual when they were
able to obtain a prestige or benefits when the individual has served or given a
favor to an official and because of that, they are likely to be offered with a
reward.
presented below the threshold of a person's conscious awareness
Subliminal stimulus is sensory stimulation at the threshold of a person's conscious sensory perception. Thus, such stimulus cannot be consciously heard or seen. An example would be quickly flashing an image so that a person is not able to consciously process the image and is thus unaware of having seen it.
Despite bypassing a person's conscious awareness, subliminal stimuli have been shown to still activate certain parts of the brain.
Well it's a very long story but the reason why, America was sold the Louisiana Territory from France was because, Napoleon Bonaparte from France needed lots of money to help in there time of need, so he decided to sell the land that France owned in the West (America) so that we could trade with him. Hope I helped :)
