The correct answer is B. Philippines.
Before the Spanish- American war the Philippines belonged to Spain, and as a result of the war they were ceded to the United States.
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Southern slaveholders often used biblical passages to justify slavery. Those who defended slavery rose to the challenge set forth by the Abolitionists. The defenders of slavery included economics, history, religion, legality, social good, and even humanitarianism, to further their arguments.
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