AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Question
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The United States needed a port in the Pacific Ocean ____
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for food
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to stop for fuel
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to rest because it was very far
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to buy food
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As trade with Latin America grew during the second half of the nineteenth century, it needed ports for its ships to refuel and resupply as they crossed the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-2: -Making the journey to China and maintaining the U.S. presence there also required a network of ports extending across the Pacific Ocean, and as such, the China trade soon drove the United States to expand its presence throughout the Pacific region.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1860s, Secretary of State William Seward wanted the United States to domi-nate trade in the Pacific. In 1867, he persuaded Congress to annex, or take over, Midway Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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