According to Alfred T. Mahan, the United States needed to do what in order to prosper?

A) invade the interior of Africa
B) increase the size of its navy
C) join an alliance in Europe
D) build factories in China
E) segregate groups in the United States

Alfred T. Mahan

A United States naval officer and historian whose theories on the importance of sea power influenced naval strategies around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Navy

A navy consists of the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions.