Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Why did President William McKinley think it impossible to let the natives of former Spanish colonies enjoy independence?
(1 point)
They would soon have anarchy
and misrule worse than Spain's.
They were commercial rivals and
• would soon exploit the United
States.
Guiding these nations into
• independence would be cowardly and dishonorable.
They would uplift and civilize
O other colonial populations and bring down European empires.