The correct answer is B) coffee, sugar, and cacao.
According to the map, the most predominant exports of US interests were coffee, sugar, and cacao.
Besides power and control, one of the most important reasons a powerful country wants to explore, conquer or colonize other territories in because in places like the Caribbean and Central American, nature is so vast and has raw materials and natural resources that industrial could use to manufacture goods. That was the case of the United States with its possessions or military interventions, as well as French or British possessions in the region according to the map.
