<span>They built them up for territorial conquests. They also needed to be prepared for war as they challenged the power of nations like Britain and the United States.</span>
the 1/3rd law that basically says that a slave counted as one-third of a person so for every three slaves there was one person that qualifies be represented as a citizen as opposed to property.
The United States developed a foreign policy after World War II that was based on collective security and a multilateral economic framework that bolstered non-Communist nations.
