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What was the main motivation for US imperialism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

A territorial competition
B. treaty requirements
C economic expansion
D. military aggression

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Answer:

C

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User Sabaoon Bedar
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Economic expansions because that’s what we’ve always wanted. We basically wanted all the US’s soils to ourselves in the sake of money.
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User Eduardo Romero
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