One part i know is the presidential oath
delegates in Philadelphia to write a new constitution
Poland it was September 1939 and Britain and France said it would stand behind Poland but hitler didn't really care as he though the was powerful enough to stand against them
The Compromise of 1850 included five parts one being that California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
I think a good answer would be "resources" - in a total war, a nation wants to put all the effort they can into the war, so they will use all their resources for it.
