The Dakota believes the U.S government was focused on the Civil war and would not fight back. They should attack right away. They believed that if they waited, the government would punish all of the Dakota for the young men killing the white settlers at Action.<span />
The main idea is about farmers and how farming communities work on their own land.
Starting even before 1914, the means that a European country use to build up a strong military would be recruiting men and training them, as well as increasing the budget for the military in order to purchase for their weapons. For example, some countries built or bought ships to scare the other countries and to demonstrate power.
