<span>The US loaned over $2 billion to the Allies, while Germany was only loaned a few million</span>
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.
<span>a fiscal crisis in urban areas</span>
Yes, at least, the colonists considered it so. It made it very difficult and expensive for all colonists to get goods.
