Which of the following BEST defines the underlined word in the sentence below?

The Monroe Doctrine established American supremacy in the Western hemisphere

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)

when in doubt choose c

it's what my teacher told my class when we were going into psats

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.