Which would be the most likely reason why america would want a strong navy during the late 1800s early 1900s? to have a force to protect against enemy aircraft to launch a sea invasion of canada to protect national interests to colonize new lands for the us

The answer be to have a force to protect against enemy aircraft. :) Hope it helps!

It's definitely not A) bc aircraft had not begun flying yet!
I would say C) to protect national interests

The U.S. needed naval ports in the Pacific because:
a. The U.S. found competition with the merchants of France and Great Britain.
b. These merchants would prevent other countries from trading with territories
they controlled.
c. The U.S. built their own ports along their route to trade.

The natural habitat around them