For What Reason Was It Difficult for the United States

question 19

Multiple Choice

For what reason was it difficult for the United States to win control of the Philippines after 1898?

• A) U.S.business interests saw no reason to develop markets in that part of the world.
• B) Congress did not adequately support the war effort.
• C) Filipino revolutionaries fought against the United States for seven years.
• D) A majority of people in the United States at the time opposed imperialism.

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