Besides insulting President McKinley, the de Lome letter
a. indicated that Spain had plans to attack the Florida Keys.
b. suggested Spain was not serious about reforms in Cuba.
c. offered territory to France in exchange for an alliance.
d. declared that Spain would easily defeat the American military.
ANSWER: b
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