Some Americans Called for U

question 11

Multiple Choice

Some Americans called for U.S.expansion in the 1890s to

• A) acquire new markets.
• B) oppose the lobbying of American business interests.
• C) counteract the nation's shrinking capacity for production.
• D) make up for the decrease in European imports.

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