HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Western nations needed outlets for their growing populations.
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Increased trade would benefit all peoples.
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Colonies would bring wealth and prestige to the home country.
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Westerners thought they had a duty to bring civilization to inferior races.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was a Social Darwinist argument in favor of Western imperialism? Westerners thought they had a duty to bring their civilization to inferior races. What colony did the British help create for freed slaves in West Africa in 1787?
Detailed explanation-2: -Social Darwinists encouraged imperialism. nations to dominate weaker ones. Manʼs Burden” presents a Western perspective of imperialism. In the poem, Kipling expressed the idea that Europeans had a duty to introduce the benefits of their civilization to non-European peoples.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the MOST accurate Social-Darwinist defense for U.S. imperialism? Nations that considered themselves superior felt obliged to govern less-advanced nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Which of the following most accurately describes the arguments of Social Darwinism? State welfare & private charity would lead to degeneration by perpetuating the survival of the weak. Which of the following events most seriously damaged the Knights of Labor?