6. which of the following arguments could have been used to support the u. s. acquisition of puerto rico, guam, and the philippines?
a. the united states needed naval bases in the caribbean and the pacific and new territory for businesses
b. the united states needed to stop the spread of communism***
c. the united states should be the first western country to build a colonial empire
d. the untied state's needed to nations that were struggling economically

7. how did japan differ from many other powerful nations before 1854?
a. it supported an open door policy.***
b. it followed a policy of expansionism
c. it had an advanced industrial society
d. it generally stayed out of foreign affairs

8. which of the following was a goal of the boxer rebellion in china?
a. to rid the country of foreigners
b. to expand chinese territory
c. to receive international military support***
d. to restore the previous government

9. which of the following was a reason for imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
a. to develop closer political ties with europe***
b. to open china to provide the united states with needed materials
c. to support peace-keeping efforts in europe
d. to acquire new markets and sources of raw materials
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6- The correct answer is A. The argument that could have been used to support the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines is that the United States needed naval bases in the Caribbean and the Pacific and new territory for businesses.

After the war with Spain, the United States took possession of these territories to strengthen its commercial relations in areas where it did not have until now a strong position: the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.

In addition, these islands granted the possibility of creating naval bases to militarily control these areas.

7- The correct answer is D. Before 1854, Japan generally stayed out of foreign affairs.

Its policy of isolation was called ¨sakoku¨, which established that no one, foreign or Japanese, could enter the country, or leave it, under pain of death. It was in force since 1639, when all European foreigners were expelled from Japan, particularly the Catholic merchants and missionaries from Spain and Portugal who had arrived to the Japanese islands in great numbers during the second half of the sixteenth century.

The sakoku system lasted in practice until 1853, the year in which Commodore Matthew Perry achieved the signature by Japan of the Treaty of Kanagawa.

8- The correct answer is A. The Boxer Rebellion's main goal was to rid the country of foreigners.

The Boxer Rebellion was a movement that started in November 1899 and ended on September 7, 1901, that emerged in China against the foreign influence in trade, politics, religion and technology of the last years of the nineteenth century. In August 1900, about 230 foreigners and thousands of Chinese Christians had died at the hands of the rebels.

9- The correct answer is D. Imperialism was developed to acquire new markets and sources of raw materials.

In those times, imperialism had an expansionist tinge, where the territorial possession guaranteed a strong presence in the markets, besides ensuring the possession of the raw materials of that territory.

it should be a. song dynasty’s civil service examination system created an administrative bureaucracy manned by the landed aristocracy.