During 1931-1945(world war 2) japan became to build up and later went to war with the united states (August 1941 The Battle of Pearl Harbor)
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Both the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act increased the government's ability to C. REGULATE UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES BY RAILROAD.
The Elkins Act of 1903 authorizes Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroad companies that offered rebates and on shippers who accepted these rebates.
The Hepburn Act or Hepburn Rate Bill gave authority to the ICC to regulate the railroad shipping rates.
To deter Americans from the ideology of communism that was becoming more widespread throughout Europe and Asia
low moral and the cival war endangered lincoln's re-election and if he lost the confederates could of won the civil war as the other candidate lincon was fighting was more sympathetic and did not like to take risks he would of probably signed a peace treaty with the CSA.