Which of the following best explains Lodge's point of view on markets in the excerpt?
(A) Many Americans believed that acquiring island territories would encourage economic development.
(B) Republican business leaders lobbied for imperial expansion to provide locations for new factories.
Political leaders claimed that the lives of Native Americans could be improved if they moved to new
overseas colonies.
(C)
(D)
Democrats argued that the United States should focus on domestic economic development over international
trade.