What war are we talking about? Different wars were fought and opposed for different reasons. Some generic reasons include the person not supporting the country's motives for the war, believing their county was not in the right, or a whole slew of reasons individual to each war.<span />
The answer is B. to profit from the fur trade.
<span>US gained territory in the Pacific Ocean.
The Spanish-American War is the beginning of the imperial era in US history gaining their first territories from the war.
The US gained Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from the Spanish-American War and soon after completed the annexation of Hawaii. With colonies in the Pacific and trade connections growing in Asia, the US needed a quick way to move resources and ships from the East coast to these new areas. The canal through Panama made the naval commute shorter and faster as well as safer.</span><span />
