"Today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested; there are more workers than there is work. ... Therefore we must find new markets for our produce, new occupations for our capital, new work for our labor."
--Albert Beveridge, quoted in Beveridge and the Progressive Era (Bowers)
Use the quote to answer the question.
- In what way did Beveridge think overseas expansion would help solve labor problems is the United States?
AExpansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers. ***
BExpansion would bring more immigration to the United States and a stronger labor force.
CExpansion would provide the United States with access to overseas labor.
DExpansion would create demand for excess American workers overseas.
--Albert Beveridge, quoted in Beveridge and the Progressive Era (Bowers)
Use the quote to answer the question.
AExpansion would bring new foreign markets for American goods, providing more jobs for workers. ***
BExpansion would bring more immigration to the United States and a stronger labor force.
CExpansion would provide the United States with access to overseas labor.
DExpansion would create demand for excess American workers overseas.