I think it is the answer is because they need to make more justice
I’m pretty sure it’s d cause I’ve never heard anything about Pearl Harbor being connected to the Cold War
Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft both busted trusts and big business. This was a big turn around from the laissez faire styled economy before it in the gilded age
The United States sent several billion dollars to aid the Nationalists in China because the leaders feared that a Nationalist defeat would create a communist superpower.
The supporters you're referring to were called patrons. Patrons were usually wealthy merchants or people who have made their fortune in other ways and wanted to either have a picture of themselves and their family, or generally had a desire to support painting, some even decided to order paintings for the church in order to get in good standing with the church officials.