The answer is: Japan.
Before the Second World War Japan’s main problem was the lack of raw materials such as iron, rubber, and oil to maintain strong economic growth. They started to acquire territories which were full of resources in order to esyablish an independent economy.
According to Thaddeus Stevens, in his quote from 1835, based on the passage about his speech to the Pennsylvania state legislature, what Stevens was asking is that, the people should have the right to know the information that is to be dispersed by the government since those in the government have been elected by the people. Hope this answers your question.
He referred to Communist China by its official name. APEX:)
B because the other ones don’t make sense with question
July 4, 1901, determined that surplus KCA lands would be sold by lottery.