AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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Based on the laws of nature, powerful nations were justified in dominating weaker nations.
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To avoid social unrest, religious and scientific worlds should be kept separate.
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Human beings had reached a point where competition among nations was no longer necessary.
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The world’s economic and social problems could best be corrected with the spread of Socialism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social Darwinism was also used as a justification for American imperialism in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines following the Spanish-American War, as imperialists argued that it was the duty of white Americans to bring civilization to “backwards” peoples.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following statements BEST represents Social Darwinism as it applies to American imperialism? Based on the laws of nature, powerful nations were justified in dominating weaker nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Social Darwinists believe in “survival of the fittest”-the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better. Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement best describes the core concept of Social Darwinism? The human race was driven by unending economic competition that would determine the survival of the fittest.