Moral diplomacy was more common near the Panama Canal and it affected the stick diplomacy.
The US was certainly anticommunist and certainly a French ally but it is described in Bernard Fall's "Hell in a Very Small Place" as a gradual process.
To preserve the union and end slavery. hope i helped and if not sorry!!
The draft. when you turn 18 as a male you have to register for the war. If there is a war or anything and they need people they will draft you to go.