What factors propelled the United States beyond its borders?
What will be an ideal response?
At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States wanted to be a world power, on par with nations like Britain, Spain, and France. These countries all had colonies that supplied them with the raw materials necessary to support and grow their industrial economies. Additionally, the colonies expanded these nations' reach around the globe. The United States wanted to gain similar benefits and cement its status as a world power.
Ideologically, Americans were influenced by social Darwinism, an ideology that applied Charles Darwin's theory of biological evolution to human society through the notion of "survival of the fittest." Americans felt they needed to demonstrate that they, like Britain and Northern European nations, were the "fittest" by taking control of lands currently held by less fit peoples.
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A) France B) Britain C) Germany D) Spain
President Wilson refused to consider any Republican amendments or reservations to the Treaty of Versailles.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Why did the political chaos of the Period of the Warring States give rise to philosophies such as Confucianism, Legalism, and Daoism?
What will be an ideal response?
The Burke-Wadsworth Act of 1940
A. approved the first peacetime draft in American history. B. repealed the 1935 and 1937 Neutrality Acts. C. approved sending U.S. weapons to England. D. reaffirmed the desires of isolationists to stay out of the war. E. saw the United States end all trade with any nation allied with Nazi Germany.