Answer:
To allow the U.S. to lend military equipment and supplies to any nation.
Explanation:
School Begins" seeks to show us how the U.S. government apparently accepted "The White Man's Burden" and decided to bring "civilization" to the new territories. ... The territories acquired from the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) are also represented, as quiet, studious Anglo-Saxons rather than as Spaniards or Mestizos.
Edmund Ruffin was an ardent supporter of state rights, I believe.
John C. Calhoun supported the theory