World war ii and the cold war convinced us politicians to do which of the following?

World war II and the cold war convinced us, politicians, to begin funding a large peacetime military to counter foreign aggression

Explanation:

World war II and Cold war had an incredibly major effect over American and its citizens, in order to try to stop communism the country ended up in war, and after all the consequences and facing the reality that there would be further aggression in the future, politician made the move of assuring the capacity of the country to defend its land, beliefs, and people. The political reaction was to increase the amount of money they destined to the army.

answer; /// i believe that the correct answer is (gerrymander or gerrymandering)good luck

not sure might be he acquired the entire oregon territory from great britain