USA HISTORY

This is the belief in regards to imperialism that it must be done so as to lead “backwards” people towards the light of democracy ____

(A) ** White Man’s Burden

(B) Open Door Policy

(C) Self-determination

(D) Sphere of Influence

Concept note-1: -Conquest in the poem is not portrayed as a way for the white race to gain individual or national wealth or power. Instead, the speaker defines white imperialism and colonialism in moral terms, as a “burden” that the white race must take up in order to help the non-white races develop civilization.

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: -Conquest in the poem is not portrayed as a way for the white race to gain individual or national wealth or power. Instead, the speaker defines white imperialism and colonialism in moral terms, as a “burden” that the white race must take up in order to help the non-white races develop civilization.

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.