10.(SSUSH 14b) Which argument was used to support United States acquisition of overseas possessions like Cuba
and the Philippines in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
A. The United States needed to obtain raw materials and
new markets to sell American goods.
B. The spread of Communist ideas would benefit
developing countries.
C. The United States needed to be the first world power to
build a colonial empire.
D. Manifest Destiny was no longer important.