WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1800s, European nations acquired great wealth and power from both the natural resources of the lands they conquered and the forced labor of the people from whom they took the land. Imperialists used ideas from eugenics and Social Darwinism to justify their conquests.

Detailed explanation-2: -European imperial expansion was related to the spread of Christianity because as Christianity spread, Europe expanded both politically, economically, and geographically. Christianity gave European countries political freedom to do what they wanted to do, to a certain extent.

Detailed explanation-3: -Europeans used their advantages of strong economics, well-organized governments, powerful armies and superior technology to increase their power and allowed western imperialism to spread quickly.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 1800’s, economic, political, and religious motives prompted these nations to expand their influence over other regions, each with a goal to increase their power across the globe. The Industrial Revolution of the 1800’s created a need for natural resources to fuel newly invented machinery and transportation.