The correct answer is - B. To gain control of the profitable sugar industry.
The Hawaiian islands were never seen as a place that is going to be used for production of sugar cane, and this is was mainly because of the isolation of the islands from the rest of the world, so any trade that was going to take place was not going to bring in solid amount of profit. Instead, Hawaii was considered as a place of great strategic importance for the future, so that was the biggest reason why there was a big interest of gaining control over it.
D) it extended support to elderly citizens
Sectionalism is the belief that a person's region was superior to other sections of the country. ... All of these issues led to sectionalism in the United States and pushed the country to the brink of war.
The Romans were able to make fountains jet water into the air, by using the pressure of water flowing from a distant and higher source of water to create hydraulic head, or force.