A. It would provide economic access to countries in East Asia.
Explanation:
What I found on the web, "The senator was an advocate of American imperialism. Among other goals, he supported the annexation of the Phillippines. He believed this to be justified because of the "white man's burden": the idea that Western, white people had the moral duty to educate other less civilized people."
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