A Major Factor in the Shift in American Foreign Policy

question 89

Multiple Choice

A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was the

• A) need for subservient populations to replace the freed slaves.
• B) desire for more farmland.
• C) construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
• D) closing of the frontier.
• E) need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production.

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