A group of historians known as the New Left revisionists argued that the United States' burst of overseas expansion
a. was motivated by naive idealism.
b. was necessary to maintain an international balance of power.
c. was designed to create an "informal empire" that would guarantee American economic dominance of foreign markets and investments.
d. sought to build a colonial empire.
e. was motivated by a desire among American men to assert their masculinity.
Answer: C