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The United States became an imperialist nation in the late 1800s for all the following reasons except:

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Desire to establish new markets for U.S. goods
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Interest in acquiring naval bases in strategic locations
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Need to obtain inexpensive access to certain goods that the United States could not produce for itself, such as sugar and rubber
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Desire to put an end to tyranny in foreign nations
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Wish to be considered a powerful force in world affairs
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The correct option is E Desire to put an end to tyranny in foreign nations

The United States did not depose any foreign tyrants for another hundred years. This was never a goal of late nineteenth-century imperialism.


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