USA HISTORY

The belief that it was the job of Western countries to “civilize the savages, “ is known also by what phrase?

(A) Liberty and Justice for All

(B) The Great Leap Forward

(C) ** The White Man’s Burden

(D) The War on Poverty

Concept note-1: -It is called “The White Man’s Burden."

Concept note-2: -a phrase that was used mainly in the 19th century to express the idea, now considered offensive, that European countries had a duty to control countries and organizations in parts of the world with less money, education or technology than Europe.

Concept note-3: -In fact, Kipling’s poem ‘’The White Man’s Burden, ” written in 1899, was addressed not to the British but to the Americans, who were then, under President McKinley, beginning their own process of colonizing the Philippines.

Concept note-4: -It is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, about the Philippine–American War (1899–1902), that exhorts the United States to assume colonial control of the Filipino people and their country.