During the Spanish-American war, U.S. forces launch their invasion of Puerto Rico, the 108-mile-long, 40-mile-wide island that was one of Spain's two principal possessions in the Caribbean. With little resistance and only seven deaths, U.S. troops under General Nelson A. Miles were able to secure the island by mid-August.
Society began to crumble and people abandoned their homes and moved east
Answer:
B. The use of indigenous populations as part of a system of forced labor
Explanation:
The answer is A. Imagine the 3 in 13 as a handcuff and the 1 as the key unlocking it