Economic conditions that fueled support for foreign trade included
a. a decrease in the number of wage earners.
b. the seemingly unlimited prosperity of the years from 1888–1895.
c. a huge increase in the amount of manufactured goods produced in America.
d. the nation's decision to use a silver-backed currency.
ANS: c
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