Which of the Following Was Not One of the Reasons

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that many Americans in the 1880s and 1890s argued that the United States should take a more expansionist role in the world?

• A) Many believed that for the United States to be a great nation, it had to have an empire.
• B) Many believed that American economic health depended on finding overseas markets for American products.
• C) Many believed that Americans had a mission to bring Christianity and civilization to the world's weaker races.
• D) Many believed that a great nation had to have a great navy, and a great navy needed bases abroad.
• E) Demographic studies indicated that if immigration continued at the current rate, the U.S. would run out of unoccupied land by 1910.

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Monopoly

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