American foreign policy today most closely resembles the U.S. foreign policy of the 1890s toward __________
A) Venezuela: the United States nearly went to war with a European power over another country's border dispute
B) the Philippines: the United States used military power to help a country gain independence and then helped establish its government
C) Hawaii: the United States annexed and then made a state out of a valuable foreign land
D) Cuba: the United States used military power and defeated an imperial enemy in a few weeks
E) Alaska: the United States bought land from another country and made it a state
Answer: B
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