France controlled the purple areas.
In order to be naturalized an applicant must first be qualified to apply for citizenship
A recent college graduate's investment portfolio will differ from someone who is nearing retirement due to the length of time someone who is at the end of their career has had to invest whereas someone who is a recent college graduate hasn't had the time/money to invest.
They probably felt inconvenienced by it, seeing as they already had to send their sons and husbands to war. This was just another thing they had to put up with that made life difficult
Exspensive for the U.S to send soliders over seas