Why was the American government motivated to gain access to new territories prior to the Spanish-American War? to spread Christianity to less developed nations
to spread Christianity to less developed nations

to support democratic independence movements
to support democratic independence movements

to limit the number of immigrants coming into North America
to limit the number of immigrants coming into North America

to gain natural resources needed for industrialization

To gain natural resources needed for industrialization .

To support democratic independence movements

Explanation:

The Spanish-American War of 1898 concluded Spain's colonial imperialism in the Western Hemisphere and acquired the status of the United States as a Pacific leadership. Thus, the conflict authorized the United States to authenticate its supremacy in the Caribbean territory and to continue its strategic and economic concerns in Asia.

to act quickly in times of danger to the united states

because you have to act quickly if you want to live/survive.

written by alan ward and published in 2003. ward is a historian and was a professor at the university of connecticut.

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