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President Theodore Roosevelt applied Alfred Thayer Mahan’s philosophy in order to justify:

A. The acquisition of Pacific territories to expand American markets
B. policing the Western Hemisphere to protect American interests
C. immigration quotas to secure jobs for American workers
D. military intervention to control sea lanes in the Atlantic and the Pacific

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Step-by-step explanation:

A. The acquisition of Pacific territories to expand American markets

He argued that the United States should seek new markets abroad.

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