How did the us victory at wounded knee influence american control of the west? it showed that us military forces would not back down to spanish intimidation. it represented the last major conflict between the us government and american indians. it revealed that the united states would be victorious in the mexican-american war. it emphasized that the united states controlled the territories west of the confederacy.

the answer is a) james madison.

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.