B. Security and national defense
C. Expansion of democracy and human rights
I believe the answer is:
<span>to reveal past contributions of civilizations
to connect the past to the present
to recognize patterns
By knowing all the things above, future society could learn from the past society and started to make efforts to prevent the bad decision that made in the past from reoccurring. This would help the society to continue developing without facing unnecessary setbacks.</span>
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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The U.S did not want the Europeans to interfere/colonize our land
