Answer:
The answer is D. The period of isolationism.
Explanation:
US Commodore Matthew C. Perry´s mission was to make Japan open to trade. He first arrived in 1853, conveying a letter from the president of the United States. He returned in 1854. Perry´s mission effectively forced the end of the self-imposed isolation of Japan which had existed since the first half of the 17th century. Japan was closed to the outside world by the Tokugawa shogunate, only Dutch vessels were permitted to anchor at Yokohama´s bay and conduct limited trade with the Japanese.
In the 1890s, Cuba wanted to get their freedom from Spain. People like Jose Marti petitioned Americans to side with the Cubans and the poor treatment they were receiving from Spain. Also, there was a lot of support in the newspapers called "yellow journalism" where American people were sympathizing with the cause to go against Spain in war. This especially was true with a man nicknamed "The Butcher", Valeriano Weyler, who was a military leader from Spain placed in Cuba to put people in concentration camps.
As a result, America felt a strong sense of patriotism and business reasons to go to war with Spain. After the <em>USS Maine</em> exploded, the United States declared war on Spain.
A similar situation happened in the Philippines, where Spain had a high influence and America did want to free the Philippines from Spain, but then also had their own agenda to take over the Philippines, as it was in a strategic location in the Pacific for trade.
Mahabharata is one of the two Sanskrit epic poems of ancient India (the other being the Ramayana).
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