An example of a policy to buttress one's position would be:

the spanish granting large tracts of land in texas to american settlers

the missouri compromise

stephen austin settling in missouri

Germany italy and japan formed the tripartite pact in part because they: a. add chicken wings to the united states to stay out of world war ii b. share the ruling philosophies based on communist economics c. resented the agreements they were forced to sign at the munich conference d. selena territories were threatened by aggressive foreign states