To protect the Spanish territory from the French :)
Senator William Borah was an outspoken Republican United States Senator, one of the best-known figures in Idaho's history. A progressive who served from 1907 until his death in 1940, Borah is often considered an isolationist,for he led the Irreconcilables, senators who would not accept the Treaty of Versailles, Senate ratification of which would have made the U.S. part of the League of Nations.
I’m sorry if I get this wrong but James K. Polk
Congress passed the exclusion act to placate worker demands and assuage prevalent concerns about maintaining white "racial purity."
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