According to the Land Ordinance of 1787, a territory could be admitted to the Union when its population was large enough.
C. Because Jews believe in the old Testament.
C. President Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech
This meant that britons thought that they were the finest and it was their job to get more territory. They wanted more territory to get more of the “finest race”.
The Lincoln monument has 36 pillars because at the time of Lincoln's assassination, there were 36 states in the Union.