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Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's speech.

(7) While the Napoleonic struggles did threaten interests of the United States because of the French foothold in the West Indies and in Louisiana, and while we engaged in the War of 1812 to vindicate our right to peaceful trade, it is nevertheless clear that neither France nor Great Britain, nor any other nation, was aiming at domination of the whole world.

(8) In like fashion from 1815 to 1914-- ninety-nine years-- no single war in Europe or in Asia constituted a real threat against our future or against the future of any other American nation.

Based on context clues, what is the meaning of the phrase "in like fashion" as it is used in the text?

A.
conversely
B.
consequently
C.
similarly
D.
furthermore