TEST DUE TODAY HELP‼️‼️‼️‼️ 10. Read the following excerpt and answer the question below.

During the year preceding the outbreak of the Spanish War, I was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. While my party was in opposition, I had preached,
with all the fervor and zeal I possessed, our duty to intervene in Cuba, and
to take this opportunity of driving the Spaniard from the Western World.

-The Rough Riders, Theodore Roosevelt, 1899

Which event contributed to Theodore Roosevelt acting on this sentiment?

A. the annexation of Hawaii
B. the sinking of the U. S.S. Maine
c. the issuing of the Monroc Doctrine
D. the construction of the Panama Canal