(A) ** The United States needed needed to obtain raw materials to keep its factories producing
(B) The spread of Communist ideas had to be stopped because it threatened world peace
(C) The United States should be the first world power to build a colonial empire
(D) The doctrine of the U.S. becoming a world power had become obsolete in the twentieth century
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -What argument was used to support United States acquisition of overseas territories in the later 1880s? The United States needed to obtain raw materials to keep its factories producing. The United States should be the first world power to build a colonial empire.
Concept note-2: -Which argument was used to support United States acquisition of overseas possessions in the late 1800’s? The United States needed to obtain raw materials and new markets.
Concept note-3: -Answer and Explanation: The most important argument in favor of US imperialism was the financial gain to be had by giving American businesses access to colonial resources and markets.
Concept note-4: -Americans wanted to sell goods to new markets and buy raw materials for new industries. Americans wanted to rule others because America had once been a British colony. American feared imperialism would bring the United States into conflict with other powers.
Concept note-5: -President McKinley lobbied Congress to pass it, calling annexation a necessary war measure and claiming the U.S. military would greatly benefit from using Hawaii as a coaling station and naval base in its fight against the Spanish Navy in the Pacific.