Correct. The answer is d. The author describes numerous factors that were important motivators for American expansionism in the 1890s, but she emphasizes that the depression of the 1890s provided “a powerful impetus to American commercial expansion” in Asia, the Pacific, and the Western Hemisphere.
Incorrect. The answer is d. The author describes numerous factors that were important motivators for American expansionism in the 1890s, but she emphasizes that the depression of the 1890s provided “a powerful impetus to American commercial expansion” in Asia, the Pacific, and the Western Hemisphere.