The homestead act and grants of land to
railroads were used to
(1) raise money to finance the federal government
(2) limit the influence of monopolies and trusts
(3) support the development of state universities
(4) encourage settlement of the west

answer; the above statement is (false);

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.