President McKinley justified American acquisition of the Philippines primarily by emphasizing that
a. the Filipinos wanted to be annexed by the United States.
b. they would provide a valuable check on the growing power of Japan in the Pacific.
c. only annexation could guarantee control of U.S. naval bases there.
d. the Philippines were America's spoils of war by right of conquest.
e. it seemed the only alternative to anarchy or loss of the islands to another foreign power.
e
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A) create a whole new government. B) amend state constitutions. C) amend the Articles of Confederation. D) create an independent executive.
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b. It developed two distinct population centers, which then divided into separate colonies under royal rule. c. Disagreement between the colony's two proprietors led to an agreement between them to divide Carolinainto two separate colonies. d. The constitution that John Locke drafted at the request of Carolina's proprietors mandated that Carolina bedivided into North Carolina and South Carolina.
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a. faith in the masses. b. a belief that compromise was necessary to be an effective leader. c. a belief that the president should provide leadership for Congress. d. a belief that the president should appeal over the heads of legislators to the sovereign people. e. a belief in the central importance of morality of politics.
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A. the attacks on the U.S. World Trade Center and Pentagon B. an attack on a U.S. warship in Yemen C. the 2003 invasion of Iraq to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein D. the first Gulf War E. the Islamic revolution in Iran