A Major Factor in the Shift in American Foreign Policy

Multiple Choice

A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was the

A) need to justify substantially decreased expenditures including the reduction of the navy.
B) desire for more farmland.
C) construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
D) closing of the frontier.
E) need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production.