In the late nineteenth century, many businessmen argued that the united states should be prepared to compete with nations throughout the world for natural resources. which policy would these businessmen support?

American imperialism

Explanation:

Imperialism is the ideology of a country to exercise control, over another country through military force or sometimes through diplomacy. When we say American imperialism, it is America's policy to control foreign countries. Many factors explain American imperialism which includes the threat to the economic interest of the private corporations of the United States in foreign land resulting in unequal treaties or military conquest.

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