Acquiring New Lands

(Blank)

100

Canal (Puerto Rico)

Military Strength AND New Markets

200

Naval refueling stations in Cuba under Platt Amendment

Military Strength

300

American businesses with Cuba's sugar, tobacco, and mining industries (most important reason) 

New Markets

400

Filipinos are inferior

(view from American soliders and representation in political cartoon)

Cultural Superiority

500

Open-Door Policy with China

New Markets