Source 4Excerpt from "Cruise of the Great White Fleet" (2015)by Mike McKinleyThis excerpt is from an article describing the cruise of the Great White Fleet, which wassent around the world between 1907 and 1909. The article appeared in Naval Historyand Heritage Command in 2015.The four squadrons of warships, dubbed the "Great White Fleet," were manned by14,000 sailors and marinesof which had never been attempted by any nation before-the first 'round-the-worldcruise by a fleet of steam-powered, steel battleships. The 43,000 mile, 14-monthcircumnavigation' would include 20 port calls? on six continents; it is widely consideredone of the greatest peacetime achievements of the US Navy.All were embarking upon a naval deployment the scaleThe idea of sending the new battle fleet around the world was the brainchild of theenergetic "Teddy" Roosevelt. ... Roosevelt brought to the White House a deepconviction that only through a strong navy could a nation project its power and prestigeabroad....Roosevelt stressed the upgrading and expansion of the US fleet in order to protectAmerican interests abroad. From 1904 to 1907, American shipyards turned out 11 newbattleships to give the Navy awesome battle capabilities. This was timely, for, in 1906,hostilities with Japan seemed possible; the Japanese navy dominated the Pacific andposed a potential threat to the Philippines....Thus, to impress upon3 Japan that the US Navy could shift from the Atlantic to thePacific, Roosevelt ordered the Great White Fleet to sail around the world.1circumnavigation: trip around the world2port calls: stops made by shipsSimpress upon: make clear to Based on Source 4, which reason best explain why the United States sent the Great WhiteFleet on a tour around the world?Select the three correct answers.O to attack Japan in the Pacific Ocean in order to protect U.S. interestsO to form a military alliance with Japan against RussiaO to display the military technology of the United StatesO to show that the United States was a major power in the Pacific OceanO to acquire new colonies around the world to benefit the U.S. economyO to remove tariff barriers around the world to improve U.S. tradeO to demonstrate that the United States had a powerful navy with a global reach

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Source 4Excerpt from &#34;Cruise of the Great White Fleet&#34; (2015)by Mike McKinleyThis excerpt is from an article describing the cruise of the Great White Fleet, which wassent around the world between 1907 and 1909. The article appeared in Naval Historyand Heritage Command in 2015.The four squadrons of warships, dubbed the &#34;Great White Fleet,&#34; were manned by14,000 sailors and marinesof which had never been attempted by any nation before-the first 'round-the-worldcruise by a fleet of steam-powered, steel battleships. The 43,000 mile, 14-monthcircumnavigation' would include 20 port calls? on six continents; it is widely consideredone of the greatest peacetime achievements of the US Navy.All were embarking upon a naval deployment the scaleThe idea of sending the new battle fleet around the world was the brainchild of theenergetic &#34;Teddy&#34; Roosevelt. ... Roosevelt brought to the White House a deepconviction that only through a strong navy could a nation project its power and prestigeabroad....Roosevelt stressed the upgrading and expansion of the US fleet in order to protectAmerican interests abroad. From 1904 to 1907, American shipyards turned out 11 newbattleships to give the Navy awesome battle capabilities. This was timely, for, in 1906,hostilities with Japan seemed possible; the Japanese navy dominated the Pacific andposed a potential threat to the Philippines....Thus, to impress upon3 Japan that the US Navy could shift from the Atlantic to thePacific, Roosevelt ordered the Great White Fleet to sail around the world.1circumnavigation: trip around the world2port calls: stops made by shipsSimpress upon: make clear to Based on Source 4, which reason best explain why the United States sent the Great WhiteFleet on a tour around the world?Select the three correct answers.O to attack Japan in the Pacific Ocean in order to protect U.S. interestsO to form a military alliance with Japan against RussiaO to display the military technology of the United StatesO to show that the United States was a major power in the Pacific OceanO to acquire new colonies around the world to benefit the U.S. economyO to remove tariff barriers around the world to improve U.S. tradeO to demonstrate that the United States had a powerful navy with a global reach

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In 1907, under President Theodore Roosevelt's order, sixteen fleets of battleships embarked on a…