"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) Question Use the quote to answer the question. In what way did Beveridge think overseas expansion would help solve labor problems in the United States? (1 point)
Beveridge believed that overseas expansion would help solve labor problems in the United States by providing new markets for American produce, new occupations for American capital, and new work for American labor. By expanding overseas, the excess production and labor in the United States could be absorbed, helping to alleviate the congestion and overpopulation in the industrial society.
