The American whaling industry was important to the growth of the Ameri

The American whaling industry was important to the growth of the American economy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) whale oil was critical for burning lamps across the globe.
B) whale products provided oil for the industrial revolution.
C) the whaling industry employed a large diversity of people living along the New England coast and around the port of San Francisco.
D) British whaling fleets were threatening to take a substantial percentage of the lucrative international whaling business from American whaling ships.

ANSWER
Answer: D