Which explains why countries, including the united states, fought to control island nations in the late 1800s?
a: nations fought to control the islands to protect the missionaries who were there to spread christianity.
b: nations fought to control the islands to use them as supply and refueling stations for ships at sea.
c. nations fought to control the islands in order to establish democratic governments around the world.
d. nations fought to control the islands for their proximity to the caribbean, where tensions with the spanish were rising.

The correct answer to this question is alternative B)"Nations fought to control the islands to use them as supply and refueling stations for ships at sea."

Nations wanted to make sure they controlled the islands in order to have them as supply stations at sea. They could indeed use them to refuel, to equip their ships, and expand their domination of the seas. Also, island nations could provide natural resources to the main land.

apartheid, (afrikaans: “apartness”) policy that governed relations between south africa's white minority and nonwhite majority and sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites. people should not get this wrong. i was just answering a question.