I believe the answer is: <span>B) The U.S. government should base foreign-policy decisions on the principles of equality and mutual understanding
In moral diplomacy, a foreign initiative should always be aimed for the benefit of all countries that are involved. In order to achieve this, mutual understanding on each other's situation is extremely needed in order to create a policy that is appropriate to address each problems.</span>
The US would have most likely still gone to war with Spain even without the explosion of the USS Maine.
This is due to the fact that US newspapers were constantly writing about and showing pictures of Cuban citizens who were starving, unsafe, and unhealthy under the control of Spain. America's need to help Cuba falls under the idea of the Monroe Doctrine, in which the US is supposed to be the protectorate of the Western hemisphere. This is why the US felt obligated to help Cuba become independent from Spanish colonial control.
This sentiment would have probably drawn the US into war even without the attacking of the USS Maine.
They combine their capital and receive permission from the government to merge
they wanted to invaded that area and also asia too to find riches and more etc.