What Prompted Religious and Business Interests to Look for Opportunities

question 8

Multiple Choice

What prompted religious and business interests to look for opportunities overseas?

• A)involvement in foreign wars
• B)efforts by the diplomatic corps
• C)putting down the last of the Native American resistance and full incorporation of the West
• D)encouragement from European powers to join in colonizing the world

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