i believe the answer is the preamble ^^
The correct answer is Italy invades Ethiopia
The Fall of Nanjing happened in 1938 after a four months battle. Sudetenland was also annexed by Hitler in 1938. Invasion of Ethiopia happened during the Second Italo-Ethiopian war in 1935, which is 3 years before the other two events, even though the war with Ethiopia did last until 1939, which is four years after the invasion began.
While Minister Josiah Strong backed expansionism by claiming it was God's Will, Senator Alfred Beveridge justified it by stating that the emerging businesses demanded imperialism and it was America´s destiny to bring trade, liberty, and civilization to benighted people.
Strong argued that it was America´s manifest destiny to acquire new lands in a race with the other nations to dominate the world and acquire the limited resources. Beveridge argued that the increased business abroad had made it necessary to protect investments overseas.
The spanish gov't favored the peninsulares over the creoles, often rewarding them with powerful gov't positions.
