Alfred T. Mahan and Henry Cabot Lodge supported the building of a strong U. S. Navy because
A.
it would protect the U. S. from being shut out of foreign markets
OB. it would increase trade with Europe
.C.
they felt that the Navy was the backbone of the U. S. military
D. the Germans had just sunk the U. S.S. Maine
E
the U. S. was about to become involved in World War I

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.

i believe the answer is a